Title
Governmental Collaboration and Infrastructural Standards in Belgium
Author
Alea Fairchild, Vesalius College, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel, Belgium, and Bruno de Vuyst, Vesalius College, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel, Belgium
Date
4/04/2008
(Original Publish Date: 2/1/2007)
(Original Publish Date: 2/1/2007)
Abstract
The Belgian federal government’s June 2004 decision to promote the use of open standards has been reinforced by the launch of BELGIF [Belgian Government Interoperability Framework], launched by the ICEG working group of the Belgian government in May 2005, and the 2006 decision to mandate ODF as the standard office document exchange format by September 2008. This paper discusses the issues surrounding the BELGIF implementation and ODF mandate and the challenges still to overcome, given that interoperability defines how technical systems, people and organisations work together, in a country with three languages and five layers of government.
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