Vatican library: open source for long-term preservation
Submitted by Gijs Hillenius on May 22, 2015
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The combination of open source and open standards ensures long-term preservation of electronic records and prevents IT vendor lock-in, says Luciano Ammenti, head of the IT department at the Vatican Library (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana) in Vatican City.
The European Parliament wants its IT department to rehabilitate its Linux desktop pilot. On Tuesday, the EP's committee on budgetary control accepted a request by MEPs Bart Staes and Amelia Andersdotter to dust off the Linux desktop, which had been shelved in 2012. In their amendment, the MEPs write they regret that the Linux distribution was never promoted among those in the parliament “who would have had an interest in such a project”.
In Großbritannien waren Anfang letzten Jahres offene Standards bei der Softwarebeschaffung zur Handlungsempfehlung für Regierungsbehörden geworden. Das Cabinet Office hat seine Action Note allerdings Ende 2011 zurückgezogen.
Das Open Document Format sei noch weit davon entfernt, als Standard-Austauschformat fungieren zu können, erklärte Andreas Kawohl von der Stadt Freiburg auf dem ODF-Plugfest in Berlin. In Schweden sind die Erfahrungen ähnlich.