Editing Open file format (section)

===US government===
Within the framework of [[Open Government Initiative]], the [[federal government of the United States]] adopted the [[Data.gov#Open Government Directive|Open Government Directive]], according to which: "An open format is one that is platform independent, machine readable, and made available to the public without restrictions that would impede the re-use of that information".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/open/documents/open-government-directive|title=Open Government Directive|work=The White House |date=December 8, 2009 |first1=Peter R. |last1=Orszag }}</ref>