Can anyone advise us as whether OOo version 3 will preserve backwards file compatibility with OOo 2 ? Has this matter been decided yet, or does the major release number mean that compatibility does not need to be conserved ?
In designing the bibliographic enhancements the Bibliographic Project is discussing the issue of backwards file compatibility. The Bibliographic Project is hoping to see major enhancements to Citation and Bibliography support in OOo version 3 (if not before). The OpenDocument file format version 1.2, due sometime in 2007, will included improved citation and metadata support and we are working out how Writer can best utilise these enhancements, as well as implementing our improved citation and bibliography formatting process, called CiteProc. If we need to maintain backwards file compatibility between OOo versions 2 and 3 then we would need to maintain the old and the new citation and bibliography definition in the save file. If we are not maintaining backwards file compatibility then the design is much simpler in Writer as the import / export filters will handle the conversions. For more details see - http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Writer_enhancements_for_OOBib#Backwards_and_Forwards_Compatibility regards David -- ------------------- David N. Wilson Co-Project Lead for the Bibliographic OpenOffice Project http://bibliographic.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
