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Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 11:03:48 -0500
From: "Jim Wing (J W)" <jwwing@vnet.ibm.com>
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Benefit from ODA now! Learn about the tools, techniques and opportunities that Open Document Architecture offers your business. A Seminar Hosted by the ODA Consortium November 17th 1992 Hotel Pullman Versailles, France Who should attend? The seminar is for developers, Information managers/DP professionals and education establishments who are concerned with document interchange, filing or implementing the Open Document Architecture (ODA) in applications, policies or training programmes in their organisation. What can you learn? In addition to information on the ODA Consortium, the current status of ODA and the toolkit, you can learn about: * Acquiring the Toolkit - Early use programme - Commercial use of the Toolkit * Using the Toolkit - How it can be used to develop applications * Relationship of the Toolkit to other standards - Standardization of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) * Next steps - FOD 36 API - Toolkit development roadmap Why should you attend? The one day seminar will demonstrate that now is the time to implement ODA. The ODA Consortium will discuss business benefits and opportunities created by the availability of a comprehensive Toolkit.The seminar fee includes an information package, all refreshments, lunch and a cocktail reception after the seminar. Action Line : Fax your completed application to the Consortium on +32 2 774 9690. For more information fax, or call on +32 2 774 9623. The Ideal is realised........ The ideal would be: to transmit documents of every kind ...text, facsimile and graphics ...complete with all their attributes ...from screen to screen ...from any kind of system, proprietary or open, to any other ...from anywhere in the world to anywhere else ...from reading and understanding ...for short or long term storage ...for processing and further editing ...for re-transmission and for printing. That ideal will be realised. The ODA Consortium Six of the world's major computer companies have formed the Open Document Architecture Consortium to promote the ODA standard and to provide the means of achieving it. The companies are: Bull SA, DEC, IBM, ICL PLC, Siemens Nixdorf Informationssyteme (SNI) and Unisys. Their purpose is first: To sponsor the development of a Toolkit that will help in the production of suitable ODA applications for retro-fit into existing systems and for incorporation into new systems. From the beginning, the Toolkit will be openly licenced to anyone wanting to develop product which uses the ODA standard. * Please reserve _ places @ FF1250 (ECU175) FF______ * Send me a copy of the API specification @ FF1500 FF______ VAT @ 18.6% FF______ Total due FF______ Title......... Surname........................................... First name................................... Position........................................ Company/organisation.............................................. Address ................................................... ................................................... ................................................... ................................................... ................................................... Country..................................... Telephone...................................... Fax................................................. Payment details Credit Card o Eurocard/Mastercard o VISA o American Express Cardnumber............................................................. ....Signature.................................. Expiry date................. o Invoice my company/organisationPlease return (by 10th October 1992) to: The ODA Consortium, Avenue Marcel Thiry 204, 1200 Brussels, Belgium. Cancellation. Refunds will be made for cancellations received in writing or by fax by October 28th 1992, but will be subject to a cancellation and administration charge of 30% of the total amount. No refunds can be made after this date. A substitute delegate is always welcome at no additional charge.