Hi Marco,
There has been much discussion at the OpenDocument TC regarding the
"OpenFormula Project", initiated by David Wheeler in October of 2004.
This was a concern for the EU, and lucky for us David took up the challenge.
Dr. Nathaniel Borenstein, one of the IBM representatives who recently
joined the OpenDoc TC, is also very interested in the OpenFormula
Project. David has posted many discussions of OpenFormula to the OASIS
OpenDoc public comment list serve. Your might want to check these
conversations out. He has also posted a rough draft of the OpenFormula
spec.
It is at:
http://www.dwheeler.com/openformula/openformula.pdf
or
http://www.dwheeler.com/openformula/openformula.sxw
Other stuff is at:
http://www.dwheeler.com/openformula/
A sample clip of David's discussion:
<David Wheeler> "I believe that OpenDocument's release should NOT
depend on the completeness of OpenFormula - send OpenDocument on to its
next stage when you're ready!"
"The only issue I have with OpenDocument related to formulas is that I
think anim:formula and draw:formula should be changed
to use ";" as their function parameter separators. If the OpenDocument
spec is changed to make ";" the separator,
then they become compatible with table:formula, and I think that'd be a
good idea."
--- David A. Wheeler </>
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