The ODA Working Group will develop guidelines for the use of the Office Document Architecture for the exchange of Compound documents including formattable text, bit-map graphics and geometric graphics according to the ODA Standard. It will consider also Intercept Standards for other document content types it considers vital - e.g., spreadsheets. The Working Group will define how to use both SMTP and X.400 for interchange of ODA documents. It will maintain close liaison with the SMTP and X.400 Working Groups. This Working Group will review the availability of ODA implementations, in order to mount a Pilot Testbed for processable compound document interchange. Finally, it will set up and evaluate such a testbed.