On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 15:00 -0400, Hubert Figuiere wrote:
> Jason Kivlighn wrote:
> >> Is this the old msoffice file format? It would be great to also account
> >> for the new msxml and best practices for this. Is there any info on
> >> this?
> >>   
> > Right, that's the old format.  The CC add-in is only for the older
> > format, so I don't know how licenses are/could be handled in the new XML
> > format.  I don't have the newest Office either.
> 
> In the Office OpenXML format, they are inside the OpenPackage (the ZIP
> file). You have to locate the xml file throught the content table.
> 
> I suggest you get the (huge) spec:
>  http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm
> (it has both .docx and PDF files)
> 
> Relevent parts of the spec are:
> 
> Part 2, Annex F list the content type.
> Part 2, 10. "Core Properties" List the core properties from a package
> point of view.
> Part 3, 7.2 "Metadata" Explain these properties
> Part 4, 7.2 "Extended Properties"
> Part 4, 7.3 "Custom Properties" These last two describe the schema and
> how to use it.
> 
> As for opening these files, libgsf in SVN now support these OpenPackage
> files that the Microsoft Office OpenXML supports. This is what Gnumeric
> and the AbiWord SoC use to open the new Microsoft files.
> 
> 
> Have fun,
> 
> Hub

FYI, Hubert is working on MSXML <-> ODF conversion for Novell, right?

jon

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