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'''IBM Office and Document Control System''', or ODPS, was an integrated office system for the Asian languages, announced in 1984, that ran on IBM's [[mainframe computers]] under [[VM (operating system)|VM]], offering such functions as [[email]], [[schedule|calendar, and document processing & storing.

==Software Components and Functions==

ODPS consisted of four software components with the functions described below. <ref> [http://www-06.ibm.com/jp/press/1988/10191.html IBM enhances its integrated office work software, ODPS] (in Japanese) </ref>

===Office Support Program===

The Office Support Program, or OFSP, was [[IBM OfficeVision#Earlier PROFS, DISOSS and Office/36|PROFS]] enabled to process the [[Double Byte Character Set]] of the Asian langaues and added some more functions. It could handle email, address, scheduling , storing/search/distribution of documents, and switch to PROFS in English.

===Document Control Program===

The Document Control Program, or DCP, was a porting from [[Document Composition Facility|DCP]], enabled for processing the Double Byte Character Sets with additional functions. It allowed preparation and printing of documents, with a [[SCRIPT (markup)|SCRIPT]]-type editing method.

===Document Control Program/Workstation===

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==IBM OfficeVision and Lotus Notes==

ODPS was later renamed as [[IBM OfficeVision]]/VM <ref> [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEFD7143CF93AA35756C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all I.B.M. Plans Major Move In Software] (The New York Times, May 9, 1989)] </ref> and its [[MVS]] version (using DISOSS) was not offered. After IBM's buyout of [[Lotus Development]] in 1995, the ODPS users were recommended to migrate to [[Lotus Notes]].

==In Japan, Korea and Taiwan==