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Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000848

A file format specification for storing digital data that is published and available for anyone to use without legal or financial restrictions. Its development is transparent and community-managed, preventing control by a single vendor and promoting interoperability between different software applications. Examples of open formats include the Portable Document Format (PDF), specified in ISO 32000, and the OpenDocument Format (ODF).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000848
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectFile Formats
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000848",
  "term": "Open format",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A file format specification for storing digital data that is published and available for anyone to use without legal or financial restrictions. Its development is transparent and community-managed, preventing control by a single vendor and promoting interoperability between different software applications. Examples of open formats include the Portable Document Format (PDF), specified in ISO 32000, and the OpenDocument Format (ODF).",
  "subject": "File Formats",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/open-format/"
}

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