Ian Laurenson wrote:
At the risk of getting flamed I think that Marco has a good idea,
Hi Ian,
Yes, the idea of standarisatin is a really good one. Internet is the
proof: it wouldn't have been possible without common standard protocols.
I can imagine a world where all applications share a common set of
standard objects. For instance, text paragraphs, tables, page formats
etc. I remember Oberon, some years ago, an OS from N. Wirth that was
based in this model.
But we are very far from that. Even for the very basic GUI toolkits we
have several different models (MFC, Qt, GTK ...), although a common
denominator is appearing. But still, a Table is a different beast for
OOo, KOffice, AbiWord or MS-Office, page numbers are a property of page
styles for ones, and first hand, independent, objects for others etc.
Is it possible to define a common API to manage OpenDocument
programmatically?(not including GUI aspects), yes, of course. And with
some more rounds of standarization and agreement between software makers
it will be a reality. Not in the short term, but an idea that deserves
consideration and long-term determination to make it happen.
- Enrique -
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