# LibreOffice Twenty Years On, ODF Is Still the Only Open Standard for Office Documents, and the Only One Governments Can Trust

- Product: LibreOffice (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/libreoffice)
- Vendor: The Document Foundation
- Date: 2026-05-08
- Original notes: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/08/twenty-years-odf-as-iso/
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/libreoffice/releases/2026-05-08-twenty-years-on-odf-is-still-the-only-open-standa
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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Berlin, 8 May 2026 – Twenty years ago this week, on 3 May 2006, the Open Document Format cleared its Draft International Standard ballot at ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 with unanimous approval. On 30 November…