[odf-discuss] Three kinds of tests

Ian Lynch ian.lynch at zmsl.com
Wed May 7 05:59:27 EDT 2008


On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 11:41 +0200, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Ian Lynch wrote:
> > I have some documents but they often originated as .doc and got
> > converted to odf. Would that cause a problem for tests or is that
> > another dimension that needs testing? Or is it just irrelevant :-)
> 
> If you have access to government-type documents that you are allowed to 
> contribute? Maybe standard templates for bids and the like? Those might 
> be good because the same document is used by a lot of people. And it's 
> definitely a real world document.
> 
> I don't know whether the fact that it is converted from .doc
> is good or bad. My opinion (for what it's worth) is that it is an 
> important dimension because in the real world a lot of ODF documents 
> will start out by being converted from .doc.
> 
> Finally, European governments are likely users of ODF. So we could argue 
> that right now their documents matter disproportionately more.

Ok, let me know when you need them. I can definitely get quite a few
such documents that are generally available.

Ian
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