[odf-devel] Python API ready for OpenDocument

[Jean-Marie Gouarné]

Le jeudi 4 janvier 2007 23:48, Soren Roug a écrit :
> Hi
> Just a quick note to tell you that I've reached Alpha state on my
> OpenDocument API for Python. You can play with it by doing:

This toolbox looks very powerful ! My Python skills are very poor but I can 
easily understand the design and the features through the documentation.

IMHO, you should make a bit more marketing about this API (i.e. it should be 
more visible among the Fellowship's annoucements and a presentation page 
would probably be welcome at opendocument.xml.org)

> Idea: port it to Perl... Anyone?

Hopefully, a part of the job is done !

I'm the developer/mantainer of the "Perl OpenDocument Connector", which is 
advertised on the OASIS ODF forum:
http://opendocument.xml.org/perl-opendocument-connector

This Perl API is available as a regular, platform-neutral CPAN package and 
through a few platform-specific, derived distributions (Activestate PPM for 
Windows, Linux and Unix, Mandriva Linux RPM, and others). The reference 
distribution is here:
http://search.cpan.org/dist/OpenOffice-OODoc

As a consequence, the Perl/OpenDocument integration is of great interest for 
me; however it's a part-time, voluntary job, so I (all alone and without any 
sponsor) can't afford to embark upon a deep reengineering of the existing Perl 
Connector (which differs from your Python API by its basic design choices and 
not only by the implementation language). However, I could provide code and 
support for a new Perl/ODF project.

I suggest you to have a look at the following (old but not really obsolete) 
article (which doesn't require a Perl advanced knowledge), in order to 
understand the differences between ODFPY and Perl/OODoc. We could then, 
maybe, have a discussion about convergence issues ??
http://www.ddj.com/dept/lightlang/184416230

Best regards,

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Jean-Marie Gouarné
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