Insu Odf 20111018

Update on ODF INSU - Stockholm – 24/Oct/2011 Bart Hanssens

Versions of ODF

Standards
OASIS ODF 1.0 => ISO 26300:2006
OASIS ODF 1.1 => ISO 26300:2006/DAM1
OASIS ODF 1.2 => no ISO version yet
Just approved (sept/2011) as OASIS Standard
OASIS Errata <=> ISO Corrigenda

What's new in ODF 1.2
Digital signatures
Enhanced metadata
OpenFormula
Database front-end

Digital Signatures
Already allowed in ODF 1.1
But not specified
Based upon XML-DSIG
Hints for XAdES(-X)
Types
Document / package signature
“other”: implementation specific

Enhanced Metadata
Does not replace document-metadata (yet)
Meta.xml: Dublic Core + ODF-specific
Separate RDF file(s) inside ODF package
Manifest.rdf
In content / RDFa
Content.xml: e.g. on a paragraph
Styles.xml: e.g. on a font

Open Formula
Syntax and semantics of 300+ functions
Based upon existing spreadsheets
MS-Excel, OOo Calc, Lotus 1-2-3, ...
Groups
Small: COS, IF, LOWER, TODAY, ...
Medium: ACOSH, CONVERT, FLOOR, YIELD, ...
Large: COMPLEX, GAUSS, HEX2BIN, LENB, ...
Test cases available

What's missing / what's next
Advanced change tracking
Tracking inside tables etc
Advanced collaboration subcommittee
Better alignment with SVG ?
New version of XForms ?

Interoperability

Some implementations
ODF 1.1
MS-Office 2007sp2 / 2010 (Windows, not MacOS)
Google Docs
ODF 1.2
LibreOffice 3.4 / OOo 3.3 / IBM Symphony 3
Symphony LotusLive
Calligra Suite
LibreOffice OnLine / iOS / Android ?

Issues
Spreadsheet formulas
MS Excel uses “OOXML” syntax, removes OOo/OF
Basic change tracking
Not implemented by MS-Office
Signatures
Not very well implemented
Forms
Not well supported outside “OOo-family”

ODF Plugfests
Started in 2009
“European Tour”
nl, it, es, be, uk, de
Presentations and interop testing
Participants
Governments, vendors, universities, ...

More info

References
http://www.odfplugfest.org
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office
http://plugtest.opendocsociety.org
http://opendocument.xml.org

Thanks ! Fedict – Federal Public Service ICT Maria-Theresiastraat 1/3 1000 Brussels (Belgium) www.fedict.be bart.hanssens[at]fedict.be | @BartHanssens

Insu Odf 20111018

by Bart Hanssens

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