[odf-discuss] Documenting support for ODF 1.1?

[Chris Puttick]

IIRC, the advice from OASIS was to implement the accessibility
features prior to ratification of 1.1 complete. So
OpenOffice/StarOffice/Workplace/Notes etc. all actually support
1.0+accessibility features and either did or were working on
implementing them before 1.1 was ratified.

So maybe the additional feature we need on the page is a footnote,
linked from each relevant application, stating "this application
supports ODF accessibility extensions" or similar.

Chris

On 31/05/07, M. Fioretti <mfioretti at mclink.it> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> with respect to the "Applications" page at
> http://opendocumentfellowship.org/applications:
>
> all the information refers to support for ODF 1.0 only, right? If so,
> maybe it should be said explicitly in the page.
>
> What would that page look like, if taking into account only ODF 1.1?
> In other words, what are the applications which already are 100% ODF
> 1.1 compliant? My understanding is "none or almost none", since 1.1
> was ratified by OASIS only in February, but even in that case it may
> be better to (start to) say it explicitly.
>
> The reason of the question and the suggestions is that ODF 1.1 is the
> only version in which disabled users (and the lawmakers, lobbyists and
> programmers working for them) are interested, in the sense that it is
> the only one which is good enough from the accessibility point of
> view, see for example
> http://blogs.sun.com/korn/entry/opendocument_v1_1_is_now.  From _that_
> perspective, it's almost like ODF 1.0 didn't exist, at least when
> discussing laws on OO.o/ODF adoption in public administrations. In
> some countries, at least.
>
> Of course, this is not a reason to stop asking for government ODF
> adoption as soon as possible: first of all, ODF is about the rights
> and money of ALL citizens, including disabled ones; secondly, by the
> time some administrations will actually migrate to ODF compliant
> software thanks to the lobbying done today, probably they'll find
> plenty of support for ODF 1.2, not 1.1...
>
> In any case, it will become more and more important for all of us to
> have this point clear and be prepared to distinguish and specify
> whenever we say "ODF is ALREADY usable today with many different
> applications, see the list on the Fellowship website".
>
> TIA,
>         Marco
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