[odf-discuss] .ott file format

[Thomas Zander]

On Tuesday 20 February 2007 19:10, Mirko Nasato wrote:
> Russell Ossendryver wrote:
> > None of the online apps, i.e. Google Docs, Zoho and others can handle
> > it. The ODF
> > pluggins also cannot handle .ott The ODF viewers also have problems
> > with the format.
>
> It would be trivial IMO for these apps to support "ott" as well, as
> Thomas mentioned it is basically the same thing as an "odt".  They
> probably just need to recognise the different mime type (each
> OpenDocument archive has a 'mimetype' entry describing its type.)

That's just the point; its not a different mimetype. But its being reported as 
something different.
Think of it like me inventing .txd  for dutch text instead of the 
standard .txt
It might sound nice, but it stands in the way of interoperability.

> > In general .ott will be a hindrance to inter-operatability. An issue
> > with OO will be filed suggesting that all documents be save in .odt
>
> Can't see why OpenOffice.org should remove a feature that's probably
> useful to many people honestly.  I think it should be up to the other
> apps to support "ott".

Nobody is saying templates are not useful. That's besides the point.
OpenOffice has named the 'thing' something other then what the rest of the 
world knows the same thing as.  And now you want the rest of the world to 
learn that second name just to stay compatible with OOo?

-- 
Thomas Zander
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