The Open Document Format Alliance (ODF Alliance) is a Washington, D.C.-based lobbying organization established by IBM, Sun Microsystems and SIIA to "promote and advance the use of OpenDocument Format (ODF) as the primary document format for governments" Although originally focused on promotion of ODF "via legislation or by executive policy decision", the ODF Alliance also did extensive PR and lobbying in opposition to the Microsoft-backed Office Open XML standard.
Founded by IBM, Sun and 33 other companies and organizations on March 3, 2006, the Alliance now boasts more than 500 members. However funding sources are not itemized in the organization's 2007 annual report, so membership financial participation is unclear.
The ODF Alliance does not give a physical location on their website, but from documents filed with the State of New York, the ODF Alliance appears to be headquartered at 1090 Vermont Avenue, NW, 6th Floor Washington, DC 20005, sharing offices with the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), one of the original backers of the ODF Alliance.
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