A document format is a tool for sharing knowledge and, as such, should be as simple and accessible as possible in relation to the complexity of the document content itself. This remains true even when the format
Yearly Archive:: 2025
18 Jul 2025
An artificially complex XML schema as a lock-in tool
17 Jul 2025
The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 25.2.5
LibreOffice 24.8 has now reached the end of life, so all users have to update their free office suite to the latest release
Berlin, 17 July 2025 – The Document Foundation announces the release
13 Jul 2025
LibreOffice Podcast, Episode #4 – Documentation in Free and Open Source Software
Good software needs good documentation. But how do we define “good” in this sense? And what does the future hold? Find out in episode 4 of the LibreOffice Podcast! (This episode is also available on PeerTube.)
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11 Jul 2025
The Role of XML in Interoperability
When different systems, applications or organisations need to communicate with each other and actually understand what is being said, interoperability is key. It enables a hospital’s software to communicate with an insurance company, for example, or one
08 Jul 2025
Danish Ministry switching from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice
Following the example of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, which is moving 30,000 PCs from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice, the Danish Ministry of Digitalisation is doing the same.
Caroline Stage Olsen, the country’s Digitalisation Minister, plans to move
04 Jul 2025
XML: a technology at the heart of our daily lives
In my last article, I mentioned XML several times, perhaps assuming that all users had a basic understanding of it. Rereading it, I realised that an introduction to XML was needed for non-technical users, those who