Hi, +1 to Dennis' s reply below.
Best, Charles. Le Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:15:11 -0700, "Dennis E. Hamilton" <[email protected]> a écrit : > Well, sure, you can use an ODF package just like a Zip archive and > add parts to it. > > The ODF Specification does not prevent that. > > However, the META-INF/manifest.xml file should be updated to include > the addition. > > You can't count on any ODF consumer preserving a file that seems to > have no use, even though there are those who think such accretions > should be preserved. People who worry about document security, > authenticity, and corporate information leaks tend to disagree and > arrange to have their implementations delete material that is not > recognized. There are implications for digitally-signed documents, as > well. > > The problem with this is that now someone has to fish the fonts out > of there and install them where they are actually recognized for > presenting the document. If LibreOffice is updated to automate the > capture of fonts and their extraction again, aren't we back to the > previously-unsolved problem? > > At that point, it might be better to do it the other way round. Put > the ODF document in a Zip archive (or tar.gz or whatever) along with > the fonts and instructions on what to do with the fonts if one wants > a rendition of the ODF document close to what was intended by its > author. > > Or just separate the fonts into a handy Zip bundle that is available > somewhere and perhaps put a little note in the document about what > fonts work best along with information on finding and installing the > font package. Observing the necessities of license conditions, of > course. > > I am sure there are covert arrangements that could be created. I > have nothing to say about that. > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Edmonds [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 13:49 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: ANN: ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard > Enters 60-Day Public Review, prerequisite for balloting as OASIS > Standard > > [ ... ] > > Hi. > Can the ODF file format not include a container for user-data. May be > specifying how that data should be catalogued but not what that data > is. There is no worry about legalities in regards ODF and placing > fonts in that data. Then LO would be free to place fonts in that > "user-data" and use them as required for faithfull document > transferal. Provides a solution while the debate continues. > steve > > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
