hello all!
in order to support the ODF Metadata spec (to be part of ODF 1.2), OOo
needs to be able to load, store, and query RDF [1] graphs. currently, i am
looking at using Sesame 2 [2] for this purpose. Sesame is a powerful free
software toolkit with an easy to use api; however, it requires java 1.5.
afaik, currently OOo requires only java 1.4. note that ODF Metadata is not
some misc stuff that can easily be turned off; this functionality is
required to preserve user data.
so, lets try to analyze the current sitation:
- windows: msft does not ship java anyway, should not be a problem
- mac os x: java 1.5 is available for our baseline (version 10.4)
- un*x: java 1.5 should generally be available (sun jre, etc.)
- free un*x: hmm, this one might be problematic...
+ looking at the gcc website, gcj 4.3 almost released, supports java 1.5
debian unstable already has gcc 4.3
so, the question is, will it actually work?
+ also, there is this yummy IcedTea [3] thingy
but debian does not seem to package that (yet?)
what are your opinions on making java 1.5 a requirement for OOo 3.0?
of course, if this is not possible, i will have to examine other options
for RDF support. this may of course delay the availability of ODF Metadata
support. (but as i have not started doing much yet, i actually have not
the slightest idea how long it will take anyway)
regards,
michael stahl
[1] http://www.w3.org/RDF/
[2] http://www.openrdf.org/
[3] http://icedtea.classpath.org/
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