堪稱全球最文明地區的北歐國家對自由軟體的支持一直都走在相當前面。最近挪威政府正式宣佈，未來微軟
MS
Office格式的文件將不會在出現在政府的網站上面。因為政府有義務確保所有的人民都能夠平等地取得政府發佈出來的文件，而不是強迫人民一定要先花一大筆錢去買一套
MS Office才可以使用政府提供的服務。
挪威政府規定，未來政府網站只允許出現三種格式的文件：HTML、PDF、以及 ODF。
對於這三種格式應該在什麼情況下使用，挪威政府也有相當明確的規定：
1. HTML是最優先被使用的格式。
2.如果需要保持文件每一個欄位的版面配置，而且不需要任何文件編輯的時候，使用 PDF。
3.如果是讓民眾下載回去填寫的電子表格，使用 ODF。
.........................................................以下是原文............................................................
Norway mandates government use of ODF
Microsoft Word banished in public
By Egan Orion: Thursday, 20 December 2007, 6:36 PM
NORWAY'S GOVERNMENT has mandated that its websites must use Open Document Format (ODF) for files published for use by the Norwegian public.
A reader of Groklaw kindly translated the Norwegian government's press release for publication on Groklaw's News Picks sidebar. Since that's not a persistently linkable Groklaw article, we republish the English translation below as a public service:
"Everyone should have equal access to public information: Open standards become compulsory within the government.
"The government has decided that all information on governmental websites should be available in the open formats HTML, PDF or ODF. With this decision the times when public documents where only available in Microsoft's Word-format is coming to an end.
"'Everybody should have equal access to public information. From 2009 the citizens will be able to chose which software to use in order to gain access to public information. The government's decision will also improve the competition between suppliers of office applications,' says IT-minister Heidi Grande Røys.
"This is the decision of the government:
"* HTML should be the primary format for publication of public information on the Internet.
"* PDF (1.4 or newer, or PDF/A - ISO 19005-1) is compulsory when you wish to preserve the original layout of a document.
"* ODF (ISO/IEC 26300) must be used when publishing documents that are meant to be changed after downloading, eg. forms that are to be filled in by the user.
"- Norway's Ministry of Government Administration and Reform"
挪威政府規定，未來政府網站只允許出現三種格式的文件：HTML、PDF、以及 ODF。
對於這三種格式應該在什麼情況下使用，挪威政府也有相當明確的規定：
1. HTML是最優先被使用的格式。
2.如果需要保持文件每一個欄位的版面配置，而且不需要任何文件編輯的時候，使用 PDF。
3.如果是讓民眾下載回去填寫的電子表格，使用 ODF。
.........................................................以下是原文............................................................
Norway mandates government use of ODF
Microsoft Word banished in public
By Egan Orion: Thursday, 20 December 2007, 6:36 PM
NORWAY'S GOVERNMENT has mandated that its websites must use Open Document Format (ODF) for files published for use by the Norwegian public.
A reader of Groklaw kindly translated the Norwegian government's press release for publication on Groklaw's News Picks sidebar. Since that's not a persistently linkable Groklaw article, we republish the English translation below as a public service:
"Everyone should have equal access to public information: Open standards become compulsory within the government.
"The government has decided that all information on governmental websites should be available in the open formats HTML, PDF or ODF. With this decision the times when public documents where only available in Microsoft's Word-format is coming to an end.
"'Everybody should have equal access to public information. From 2009 the citizens will be able to chose which software to use in order to gain access to public information. The government's decision will also improve the competition between suppliers of office applications,' says IT-minister Heidi Grande Røys.
"This is the decision of the government:
"* HTML should be the primary format for publication of public information on the Internet.
"* PDF (1.4 or newer, or PDF/A - ISO 19005-1) is compulsory when you wish to preserve the original layout of a document.
"* ODF (ISO/IEC 26300) must be used when publishing documents that are meant to be changed after downloading, eg. forms that are to be filled in by the user.
"- Norway's Ministry of Government Administration and Reform"