On Jul 27, 2006, at 8:04 PM, pt wrote:
I would like to see consideration of interoperability with the
Microsoft
Office Open XML formats (if a proposed feature will compromise interop
I'd
prefer it left out). It would also be worth looking at the MS Word to
ODF
converter project which should be retro-fittable into older versions of
Word.
Generally speaking, having a requirement for interoperability with Word
isn't likely to go very far with the TC. It's not part of the TC's
charter to prioritize interop with MS. The focus is really on the best
technical solutions that will enhance interoperability going forward
(particularly within the ODF universe, and WRT to other open
standards).
That said, when I talk to engineers about this stuff, I do tell them
how MS deals with it.
[...]
So I guess my question here is "is there an existing generic data
field for
which MS Word interop is already sorted out that could be extended for
citation and bibliography support?"
I think you ought to ask Microsoft and/or Apple about this. I'm almost
certain older versions of the file format have fields support that
would work (indeed, this is how Endnote interacts with Word, and my
understanding is that the Word 2007 support is building on old field
structures), but it's not my area of expertise.
I will ping someone else I know that might have an idea though.
My reading of this is that storing source data in the ODF document is
optional. If so that's good.
Correct. I was just talking about this today and saying that storing
the source would be required if one wanted to guarantee resolution of
the source data, but that it would not be strictly required.
One of the SC members was objecting to my argument that we need to
insist that all metadata resources be identified using uris, and I was
explaining how that could work.
Bruce
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