MS is on record as saying that it would support OpenDocument (the main
format used by OpenOffice.org) if there were customer demand. [1] You can
help show customer demand by adding your name to the list, if you haven't
done so already:
http://opendocumentfellowship.org/petition/
[1] "Microsoft Says Maybe to ODF"
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20051016105739574
On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have recently installed OpenOffice.org 2.0.2. I would like to know if this
version is compatible with Microsoft Office 2003 and if newer versions will
support the upcoming Office 2007, with publicly released DTDs for the new
XML-based file system.
Hmm. Working that way would be harder. Neither the file format for MSO
2003 nor the new format for MSO 2007 (MOOX) are public in the way you
suggest. Both have 'reference' schemas which are *not* freely available
for use in actual applications like OOo. Each has its own kind of "look
but don't touch" license.
Perhaps the DTDs are usable by the public, but without the schemas, the
DTDs can be of no use. I've followed the developments closely, though
perhaps not as closely as some others, and see no indication that the
licensing restrictions for the schemas will be relaxed anytime soon. The
MSO 2003 format is particularly restricted in that way, but since it has
far less that 15% of MS' own market and will be made obsolete by MOOX
(when/if it's ready) it can be ignored.
You are right, though, to ask about MOOX because if people start to move
from MSO 97 and MSO XP to MSO 2007, then it will become relevant.
However, looking at the specs for both OpenDocument and MOOX, you can see
that the latter is less fleshed out, apparently less flexible, and more
oriented towards details of formatting (which should be handled by the
stylesheet instead) rather than structure.
-Lars
Lars Noodén ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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