[odf-discuss] .ott file format

[Chris Puttick]

On 20/02/07, Thomas Zander <zander at kde.org> wrote:
> 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
>

So how are templates identified in human views of the file system? As
a matter of interest...

Chris