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

[Daniel Carrera]

Another note:

So... this guy is saying that if rendering is not pixel-perfect then
"distributing ODF files made with OO.o isn't at all a feasible solution
for distributing documents in an advanced open standard like ODF".

This is sheer lunacy.

My opinion is that he just doesn't know the first thing about file
formats and now finds himself backed into defending an indefensible and
ludicrous position.

Pixel perfect formats include things like PNG and PDF.

Formats like ODF, HTML, OXML, .doc, .rtf, and anything you reasonably
find useful for making editable documents is not pixel-perfect.

Daniel.


On Sat, 2006-18-11 at 12:43 +0100, M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 02:36:37 AM -0800, marbux (marbux at gmail.com)
> wrote:
> 
> > 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. :-)
> 
> This is the same thing I thought when I read his first post in that
> other mailing list. I haven't stepped in yet because I wanted to check
> here first. However, the latest messages and clarifications from this
> person in that thread seem to imply that he cares and wants to discuss
> only "pixel-perfect rendering support", _not_ "ISO26300 support when
> writing or reading ODF files" in the sense we have discussed here.
> 
> If so (cfr the examples from Daniel and Thomas) he's probably right,
> even if he initially expressed the concept in quite a confusing way,
> and I really don't know if it's worth starting a weekend flame-war on
> this. Maybe tonight if I can't sleep :-)
> 
> Ciao,
> 	Marco
> 
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