[odf-discuss] Alternative to the Foundation plugin

[Peter Vandenabeele]

On 2/4/07, Daniel Carrera <daniel.carrera at zmsl.com> wrote:
...
> We can talk to the Microsoft-funded Clever Age team and ask them that
> whatever OXML elements they can't map well to ODF, be simply left in the
> final document as OXML.

That is fairly clear from the spread sheet with translated and non-translated
features they publish (the '-' are not-translated). I pull Jean Goffinet in the
discussion here.

> 1. It uses the same method as the Foundation plugin (ie. ODF extensions)
> to achive 100% fidelity. Ecma OXML can achieve 100% fidelity with MSO.
> Any OXML tags that Clever Age can't map well to ODF, are simply left as
> OXML.

If you really want to design an intermediate format, then I think it should
have a different extension to reduce user confusion. I propose .odtx .odsx
and .odpx ;-)

I am not yet convinced that it is a good idea to add an intermediate format,
but the more "open" it gest, the more acceptable that may be.

Peter