Waves and Rivers: Massively Connected Society & Open Source
Simon Phipps
Open source 開発, collaborative 基準s 創造, the Java community, web services - each of these have been 動機づけるd by the 願望(する) for ソフトウェア freedom, and all have been consequences of the world becoming 'massively connected'. But each 現象 has stood alone as its 各々の community has striven to 達成する its goal of freedom through community. This 開会/開廷/会期 considers the origins of the 'massively connected' 現象, compares the approaches to 促進するing ソフトウェア freedom 述べるd above and 提案するs a new model exemplified by OpenOffice.org.
Biography: Simon Phipps speaks frequently at 産業 events on 科学(工学)技術 傾向s and 未来s. At さまざまな times he has programmed mainframes, Windows and on the Web. 現在/一般に the 長,指導者 科学(工学)技術 Evangelist at Sun Microsystems, Inc., he was 以前 伴う/関わるd in OSI 基準s in the 80s, in the earliest 商業の collaborative 会議/協議会ing ソフトウェア in the 早期に 90s, in introducing Java and XML to IBM and most recently with Sun's open source 戦略. He lives in the UK, is based at Sun's Menlo Park campus in California and can be 接触するd 経由で http://www.webmink.逮捕する.
INGOTS 供給する 進歩/革新的な 証明書s that recognise 技術s in office
科学(工学)技術 含むing the 開発 of 資源s for the OpenOffice.org
community. A Gold 証明書 支えるもの/所有者 will be self-十分な in the use
of office ソフトウェア, 確信して to 診断する computer problems in an office
setting and will know how to 伸び(る) 解放する/自由な 資源s from the community as
井戸/弁護士席 as 与える/捧げる 支援する to it. This 開会/開廷/会期 will 述べる the 戦略
for making INGOTs a 世界的な 基準 in schools thus introducing
millions of people to the OpenOffice.org community and educating them
about open 基準s and the 力/強力にする of giving a brick to get a house.
INGOTs have the 可能性のある to 生成する income that can be used to 基金
開発 too.
Biography: Ian Lynch is the education lead for the openoffice.org community. He
started work as a science teacher and was 長,率いる of a large faculty at the
age of 29. He went on to 始める,決める up the 政府's 旗艦 City
科学(工学)技術 College in 1988 and was subsequently 任命するd as curriculum
director for maths and science for the 列車集中制御装置 programme 国家的に. He
subsequently 始める,決める up his own consultancy 主要な school 査察s,
helping schools 適用する for 認めるs and 工夫するing 開発 計画(する)s for
them. In 1998 with the help of his wife, he 始める,決める up IRL Computer Systems
Ltd winning the Midlands 地域 Small 商売/仕事 of the Year Award in
2000. Developing the INGOTs is now his main 優先 having 伸び(る)d some
support from the British 議会s of 商業 for 世界的な 開発.
We've all heard about outreach, but what about inreach?
Just as outreach is reaching out to the outside world, inreach
means reaching out to those already part of the community.
Community building depends as much on inreach as it does on
outreach. There are four steps to inreach:
INFORM members of what's going on around the community.
REACH out to people. Don't just wait for them to come to you.
OpenOffice.org Writer is a strong competitor to Microsoft Word for both 草案s and final layout (desktop publishing) of many technical 文書s, because it 連合させるs some of the best features of Word and FrameMaker. Indeed, Writer does several things better or easier than each of them. This 開会/開廷/会期 will cover some of the author?s experiences using OOo Writer?s many features of particular 利益/興味 to technical writers, 含むing:
Customizable interface
文書 templates
Styles
前進するd page layout 能力s
Change 跡をつけるing
Master 文書s
Fields
条件付きの content
Bibliographic database
Equation editor
大型の language
PDF 輸出(する)
Microsoft Office compatibility
Biography: ジーンズ Hollis Weber has over 25 years of experience planning, 令状ing, editing, 索引ing, and 実験(する)ing 使用者 手動式のs and online help for computer ソフトウェア and 金物類/武器類. Two years ago she switched from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice.org for all her work. ジーンズ has written several 調書をとる/予約するs, 含むing ?OpenOffice.org Writer: The 解放する/自由な 代案/選択肢 to Microsoft Word,? which was created using OpenOffice.org and published by O?Reilly Community 圧力(をかける) in July 2004. ジーンズ is active in the OpenOffice.org community, 特に the OOoAuthors 事業/計画(する). She also 持続するs several Web 場所/位置s, 含むing one for technical editors (http://www.jeanweber.com/) and one about OpenOffice.org (http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/).
Beginners Guide to Building Database 使用/適用s
with OpenOffice.org
Landon Blake
This 贈呈 will explain the basics of the OpenOffice.org Database features. It will 含む a printed tutorial on how to connect to a MySQL database with the 最新の 見解/翻訳/版 of MySQL, and discuss how a basic knowledge of OpenOffice.org programming can begin to build database 使用/適用s with interactive forms for data 入ること/参加(者) and 贈呈.
Biography: Landon Blake is a open source developer active in the GIS/Mapping ソフトウェア community. He is the co-創立者 of the JUMP 操縦する 事業/計画(する), a organization to support the volunteer 開発 of open source GIS Workbench JUMP, and the 創立者 of SurveyOS, an organization 献身的な to the 開発 of open source ソフトウェア 解答s for the Land 調査するing and Cartography professions. He uses OpenOffice.org for all of his office ソフトウェア needs, and 計画(する)s to 与える/捧げる to 改良s to OpenOffice.org database support. He is also 伴う/関わるd in 成果/努力s to introduce the 利益s of open source ソフトウェア, 含むing OpenOffice.org, to the Land 調査するing profession, which is 支配するd by 商業の ソフトウェア 解答s. Landon's 最初の/主要な programming Language is Java, and he is 現在/一般に 伴う/関わるd in an 成果/努力 to make the OpenOffice.org API more easily understood for fellow Java developers.
The 発射 Heard '一連の会議、交渉/完成する the World - How the OASIS Open
文書 changes everything
Gary Edwards
Now two years in the making, the OASIS Open 文書 XML とじ込み/提出する 判型 specification is making its 示す. This 開会/開廷/会期 will discuss how the OASIS TC made 劇の enhancements to the とじ込み/提出する 判型 specification to 会合,会う the next 世代 (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) system 必要物/必要条件s of the European Union. Enhancements such as XForms, SVG, and SMiL were needed to 会合,会う the "custom-defined schema" 必要物/必要条件. Submission of the specification to ISO (the International 基準s Organization) was another challenge met by the TC. This discussion will also cover the dynamics of Microsoft's arguments to the EU that MSXML とじ込み/提出する 判型s and licenses are "open enough", and how the 最近の capitulation of Microsoft to 会合,会う the EU's insistent 必要物/必要条件s for "Open XML and Open 基準s" (機の)カム about.