The Open Document Format and its Impact on Accessibility for Persons with a Reading Impairment

It has become very common in the current information society to talk about "open" and to use this term as a quality mark. Open standards, open source software, open archives, open formats etc. are all very much promoted. In this contribution, we would like to focus on the file structure of documents such as texts, spreadsheets and presentations, and more specifically on the Open Document Format. ODF is becoming increasingly popular for many reasons, but it also is the first document format for use in office suites that has

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: ELPUB
• Authors: Jan Engelen, Christophe Strobbe
• Keywords: Document Format, ELPUB 2007, Information Management, Open Formats Etc, Open Source Software