The Open Document Management Applications Programming Interface Consortium, formed only in April, has drawn up the specification for a new software standard enabling document management systems to integrate seamlessly with desktop applications. This is due to be ratified at the next meeting on June 27 at Novell Inc headquarters in Provo, Utah. WordPerfect will provide Open Document Management development files, including the connection manager Dynamic Link Library middleware that routes applications programming interface calls between applications and document management systems, free of charge. Around 14 vendors were involved in defining the specification, including Documentum, Adobe, Andersen Consulting, and Xerox Corp’s XSoft unit.
