Bruce D'Arcus wrote:

> I just sent Mathias an off-list note, but was thinking a bit more,  
> so ...
> 
> Developers working with the Zotero project (http://zotero.org) just  
> about have OOo integration sorted out. This is great!
> 
> There's one problem, however, that relates to a limitation in OOo.
> 
> They want round-trip compatabilty with Word. User creates document in  
> Word and adds citations, and they should remain live in OOo.
> 
> Using fields in Word is by far the preferred solution here. But OOo  
> does not really have any generic field support, and it doesn't really  
> preserve field logic.
> 
> To get around this, Ian Laurenson is using bookmarks in OOo. That  
> works apparently.
> 
> But doing so in Word is less-than-ideal.
> 
> We're thus stuck with less-than-ideal options: using bookmarks in  
> Word, or breaking the chance for round-tripping between Word and OOo.
> 
> So I'd like to suggest two possible solutions for OOo:
> 
> 1) on Word import, convert fields to bookmarks
> 
> 2) support the new text:meta-field structure that will be in ODF 1.2,  
> and map Word fields to it

I thought that's what we have already agreed upon, moreover my
impression was that besides the general meta-field stuff there will be
an explicit support for citations.

Ciao,
Mathias


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