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Subject: Re: [office] How about an interoperability Subcommittee?
Rob, the SC you suggest sounds like a very good idea to me, and also the idea to make this the "next big thing" after the ODF 1.2 work is done. Best regards Michael robert_weir@us.ibm.com wrote: > > At the OASIS Symposium, and on the ODF Adoption TC calls, there has been > a good amount of talk about ODF & interoperability. This topic arises > in a variety of forms: > > 1) Interoperability among ODF implementations, both traditional > client-based editors (OpenOffice.org, KOffice, etc.) as well as with > nontraditional editors, e.g., Google Docs & Spreadsheets > 2) Interoperability between ODF and other embedded markups, like MathML, > XForms, etc. > 3) Interoperability between ODF and other high-level document formats, > like DocBook, DITA or UOML. > 4) Best practices for interoperability between ODF and embeddable > microformats like vCard or Creative Commons licensing. > 5) Interoperability between ODF and legacy document formats from > Microsoft, Corel, Lotus, etc. > > It seems to me that these topics may be "next big thing" after the ODF > 1.2 work is done. > > Is there any interest among TC members in pursuing some of these topics > in more depth in a subcommittee? > > Possible deliverables of the subcommittee might be a technical report on > best practices for interoperability, as well as specific recommendations > for accomplishing these goals. > > If there is any interest in this, I suggest we discuss on the list and > develop a charter and list of deliverables. > > -Rob > ___________________________ > > Rob Weir > Software Architect > Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software > IBM Software Group > > email: robert_weir@us.ibm.com > phone: 1-978-399-7122 > blog: http://www.robweir.com/blog/ > -- Michael Brauer, Technical Architect Software Engineering StarOffice/OpenOffice.org Sun Microsystems GmbH Nagelsweg 55 D-20097 Hamburg, Germany michael.brauer@sun.com http://sun.com/staroffice +49 40 23646 500 http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Marcel Schneider, Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland Boemer Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering
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