Hi David,
David Wilson wrote:
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 ?
the '3' more or less is a marketing version only. Their are AFAIK no
planned incompatibilities for any next minor or major version.
And we certainly will stay compatible to our main file format (ODF),
while compatibility for older formats (e.g. StarOffice versions up to
5.2) may become optional or vanish one day ...
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).
Does that mean, that you need the file format to become incompatible? I
thought that support for bibliographic extensions would be optional only.
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.
I heard of that ... :-)
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.
Optional features may not be supported in older versions, though a
replacement image would be nice. But, Michael Brauer is the expert and
may comment on this ...
regards
David
Kay
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