I'm not the best person to answer that question but I think it is a competing technology. A key factor may be its openness. The ODF is the format it seems to fit best with, as far as I can tell. I have not had the means to look at XPS and if you compare it with PDF you will probably find UOML is better suited to Chinese characters (more characters supported, I have heard). The best comparison might be with an ISO version PDF-A perhaps. UOML has some features which might make it quite unique and maybe different even. It is to a set of documents what SQL is to a set of records in a database. Interesting that Base stores data as SQL compressed into a zip file. I believe you could think of UOML as storing a documents in a similarly compressed file. I would like to see how that can be leveraged for long term archiving and retrieval - it seems to show a lot of promise to me. "Watch this space" :-) The scope for its use in opensource seems to be good and may improve still more, we'll see.
On 05/10/2007, Zhang Weiwu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is very interesting to see going-ons of UOML but I am not sure if I > got it clear: if being used as a document format for archiving and > visual presentation, what is the advantage of UOML over existing formats > like PDF or XML Paper format (developed by Microsoft)? Or is UOML a > competing standard to XML Paper Format like as if ODF with OOXML? > > Stephen Green wrote: > > I notice you are based in China. Have you looked at UOML? > > There is an addin written to output UOML from both MS and > > OOo office products as archive format using a virtual printer. > > > > http://www.uoml.org/uoml_english.htm > > > > Maybe there is something related to this which would help you. > > I believe it links to OOo through Beijing Redflag Chinese 2000 > > http://news.soft32.com/sun-and-redflag-chinese-2000-to-collaborate-on-openofficeorg-projects_4343.html > > > > A quick plug for the UOML work too :-) The idea is to provide > > a standard XML-based output of the visual representation > > (printable and for archive) of *any* office document. I hear > > there are possibilities for embedding XML data too as metadata > > in the UOML. Efforts have been underway to standardise UOML > > through OASIS (I'm involved but I'm not claiming expertise) > > http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=uoml > > with a committee draft agreed last month > > http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=25100&wg_abbrev=uoml > > (recruitment is now underway for the next phase too). > > > > Maybe if you can get this working it will help eventually but > > I'm not suggesting it is exactly what you need (yet). > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > -- > Real Softservice > > Huateng Tower, Unit 1788 > Jia 302 3rd area of Jinsong, Chao Yang > > Tel: +86 (10) 8773 0650 ext 603 > Mobile: 135 9950 2413 > http://www.realss.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Stephen Green Partner SystML, http://www.systml.co.uk Tel: +44 (0) 117 9541606 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+22:37 .. and voice --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
