Hello, @all: I am happy to see that there is a current discussion about OOXML filters, because this is an important topic.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Fisher [mailto:w...@apache.org] > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2020 4:14 AM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Writer and .docx > > Hi - > > Top posting as well. I think we should consider our goals as > a project. If one of those goals is support for ODF as a > theory of everything office that you can trust and know will > remain parsable a century from now then what does that mean for OOXML? > > I think it means that OpenOffice could be the arbiter of > converting OOXML into ODF. As such I’m more interested of > using tools like POI to drive that conversion into ODF and > leave the other direction to the commercial vendors. > > There is a similar but more complex semantically conversion > of PDF into ODF. > > Alternatively, maybe there is a way to enhance plug-ability > of filters with more modern methods like OSGi. You're right in principle, but the real requirements in practice are the OOXML filters that are needed. by the way: The OOXML-filters there were not enforced by companies involved in LO, but the development of these filters was initially done by an initiative of a voluntary German organization (if I remember correctly: osb-alliance.de) Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
