Hi Dennis
Le 2011-06-25 12:40, Dennis E. Hamilton a écrit :
The reason for the periodic Committee Drafts is to have reasonably-stable
feature specifications that implementers can start on and confirm the
specification of before we do the work to produce the final stable
specification (a Committee Specification) that then goes forward as a Candidate
OASIS Standard and then OASIS Standard.
I think this conversation needs to be made more concrete.
The inclusion of font embedding into the ODF 1.x specification is not the issue.
The issue is, who has it be such an imperative that they are willing to have
and document an implementation-specific solution well enough that others can
interoperate with it. Then, or concurrently, it can be rolled into the ODF
specification work as the basis for an independently-implementable,
interoperable feature of ODF.
The ODF TC does not implement anything. And it is a waste of the volunteer
efforts of the ODF TC participants to specify features that no one implements
or that are not practically implementable or for which there are already
good-enough solutions that can be adapted. There's a hand-and-glove
partnership required for a feature as substantial as font embedding.
So far, I have not heard any offers.
- Dennis
PS: Since August 2008, when I became a member of the ODF TC, I don't recall any
conclusion that font embedding is out of scope for the OpenDocument Format. I
don't know what such an assertion might be based on. It is definitely the case
that the ODF specification does not specify the rendering and presentation of
documents. But that doesn't exclude font embedding. After all, there are
already significant provisions for fonts in ODF, they just don't encompass
embedding font files.
Thanks for the information. This all sounds promising to me. So
essentially, what you are saying is if ... "hypothetically" ... a
proposal were to be put forward for embedding fonts and a group such as
LibreOffice showed a committed willingness to use this new option with
... let's say ... a LibreOffice Reader and if other groups were to
support this new option, then it may pass?
-----Original Message-----
From: plino [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 01:26
To: [email protected]
Subject: [tdf-discuss] Re: Font Embedding in ODF (was RE: ANN: ODF 1.2
Candidate OASIS Standard Enters 60-Day Public Review)
Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
4. It is incorrect to presume that Font Embedding will not be in ODF 1.3
or any other. While font embedding did not make the feature cut in the
prioritization for ODF 1.2, that does not mean it can't be resurrected.
It is early days for ODF 1.3, which is scheduled to take a two-year
development process.
What is *missing* is a serious proposal that deals with the
complexities, borrows from some already-worked-out approach in other
software, and is brought forth at the ODF TC in an unencumbered form.
Someone has to do the heavy lifting.
You can also respond to the public review, although something concrete
that can be used in a constructive manner would be particularly welcome.
The ODF TC *has* to address every Public Review comment, although that
doesn't mean we will do anything about it. Good catches will probably be
saved up for an Errata or lead to action in ODF 1.3.
Le 2011-06-24 13:13, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit :
So, let me state and restate this : ODF will not embed fonts in the
1.2, 1.3, nor in the future, because the format is not meant to focus on
faithful layout rendering. Instead, PDF is meant that. ODF focuses on
office document exchanges.
Best,
Charles.
Even if font embedding is included in ODF 1.3 (which is unlikely according
to Charles' statement) that will only happen in 2 years time.
I think TDF and LO are betting on the wrong horse. It's not only going to
start the race much later but also there seems to be no guarantee that it
will run faster or better (if Charles' statement is correct they aren't even
on the same race because their goals are different)
In any case, if LibreOffice's goal is to be a suite that stands behind the
ODF format then it should review what it promises. If it can't embed fonts,
it can never be a replacement for MS Office.
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Actually, 2 years is not that long and the world of office suites is a
slow one. We will still be using desktop office suites in two year's
time. Just imagine, many of our LibreOffice members are still on limited
internet connection along with dial-up connection.
Cheers
Marc
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