[odf-discuss] Does OO.o violate OpenDocument? If yes, where?

[Daniel Carrera]

On Sat, 2006-18-11 at 02:36 -0800, marbux wrote:
> The corollary of the author's premise is that a distributed document
> would have to include markup for every feature ODF supports. But if
> you have a simple document, including markup for every feature ODF
> supports would produce a file that is mostly cruft.

More than that. *No* document uses every feature that ODF supports.
Think about that... when was the last time that you saw a document that
included a word processing document, a spreadsheet, a presentation,
vector graphics, animations, frames, track changes, encryption, math
formulae, database objects, Xforms and hidden sections, *all* in the
same file? And even *that* monstrosity wouldn't cover all the features
of OpenDocument!


> [in HTML] I don't add any markup that isn't necessary for the
> document I am creating.

That is much more true in ODF, since the format has so many more
features than HTML. I'm not sure it's even possible to make an ODF
document that has all the features that the spec allows.

> Just so, an application does not have to support the full
> feature set to produce ODF files.

Heck, I've written short PHP scripts that produce fully valid ODF
documents.

> The author seems to have in mind that every ODF file includes a
> registry identifying all of the features the generating app supports.

Heh.

> I suspect that the author doesn't know very much about file formats,
> is being deliberately misleading, or experienced a temporary brain
> malfunction. Or all of the above. :-)

:-)

Cheers,
Daniel.
-- 
"I AM in shape. Round IS a shape."
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