[odf-discuss] OOXML: The next step

[M. Fioretti]

On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 10:56:19 AM -0400, robert_weir at us.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> In my opinion the big risk is not extensions.  If you use extensions you know
> you will not be interoperable.  The bigger problem is divergent behavior among
> implementations.  That is what the big problem with Internet Explorer has been.
>  It isn't their extensions to HTML.  We ended up with the mess of  quirks mode
> versus standards mode because of divergent interpretations (or bugs) in the
> core documented parts of CSS2.
> 
> So I think there is value in having an assessment procedure (a test suite) for
> the core parts of ODF, just to ensure we don't end up in the mess we have with
> HTML.  It is still early enough to prevent that.

Are you by chance thinking to something like what I proposed here or in the earlier Novatica monograph:

http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/04/01/file-format-hidden-traps-in-opendocument-or-any-other-open-standard-and-how-to-avoid-them/

If yes, please let me know, I'd like to write more, or work, on similar projects.

Ciao,
		Marco Fioretti
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