On Aug 14, 2012, at 3:59 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Lawrence Rosen <[email protected]> wrote: >> FYI. /Larry >> > > It is great to read about the improved ODF support, including ODF 1.2, > with OpenFormula and digital signature support. Those are two of the > major additions we made in ODF 1.2. The other was adding RDFa/RDF XML > support, which neither OpenOffice nor MS Office support. ( But there > is some support in Calligra Suite). > > OOXML Strict was a concession to ISO National Bodies, a last ditch > effort invented in a conference room in Geneva to pacify delegates at > the Ballot Resolution Meeting. I was there. I saw it. There may be > specialized applications where OOXML Strict support is useful, such as > a format that a document generation application can target. But for > AOO, and for any other editor that cannot control the formats of input > documents, we need to be prepared to handle whatever users toss to > us, and that includes OOXML from Office 2007 and 2010, as well as > 2013.
Along with the changes that happen in "parallel" in the Mac Office 2008 and 2011 ... BTW - MSFT has been sneaking OOXML into the Binary formats in "interesting" ways ... Regards, Dave > > -Rob > > >> >> >> Lawrence Rosen >> >> Rosenlaw & Einschlag, a technology law firm ( <http://www.rosenlaw.com> >> www.rosenlaw.com) >> >> 3001 King Ranch Rd., Ukiah, CA 95482 >> >> Office: 707-485-1242 >> >> >> >> From: Andy Updegrove [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:53 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Office to Become Fully Open XML Compliant (at last) >> >> >> >> >> Between 2005 and 2008, an unparalleled standards war was waged between >> Microsoft, on the one hand, and IBM, Google, Oracle and additional >> companies on the other hand. At the heart of the battle were two document >> formats, one called ODF, developed by OASIS, a standards development >> consortium, and Open XML, a specification developed by Microsoft. Both >> were submitted to, and adopted by, global standards groups ISO/IEC. >> >> But after the dust settled, Microsoft did not fully implement the standard >> that it had fought so vigorously to have become a global standard. >> Instead, it implemented what it called "Transitional Open XML," which was >> better adapted for use in connection with documents created using older >> versions of Office. >> >> According to a blog posted yesterday by Jim Thatcher at the Office Next Web >> site, Office 13 will - finally - permit users to open, edit and save >> documents in the format that ISO/IEC approved. Thatcher says that Office >> 13 will also provide similar capabilities for the latest version of ODF, >> approved by OASIS in January of this year (ODF 1.2), as well as for PDF. >> >> Much has changed since the great format wars of the last decade, and >> perhaps this is why, one day after the announcement, the announcement has >> been mentioned in only two brief articles in the trade press. That’s a >> shame, because document interoperability and vendor neutrality matter more >> now than ever before as paper archives disappear and literally all of human >> knowledge is entrusted to electronic storage. >> >> Only if documents can be easily exchanged and reliably accessed down ton an >> ongoing basis will desktop competition in the present be preserved, and the >> availability of knowledge down through the ages be assured. Without >> robust, universally adopted document formats, both of those goals are >> impossible to attain. >> >> Read the entire story here: http://tinyurl.com/czwwke9 >> >> As always, please let me know if you would like to be removed from this >> list. >> >> Andy >> >> Andrew Updegrove >> Gesmer Updegrove LLP >> 40 Broad Street >> Boston, Massachusetts 02109 >> T: 617/350-6800 >> F: 617/350-6878 >> www.gesmer.com >> www.consortiuminfo.org >> >> Have you discovered The >> Alexandria Project? http://amzn.to/xo00rn >> >> _____ >> >> Any tax information or written tax advice contained herein (including any >> attachments) is not intended to be and cannot be used by any taxpayer for >> the purpose of avoiding tax penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer. >> (The foregoing legend has been affixed pursuant to U.S. Treasury Regulations >> governing tax practice.) >> >> Electronic mail from Gesmer Updegrove LLP, 40 Broad Street, Boston, MA >> 02109. Voice: (617) 350-6800, Fax: (617) 350-6878. This communication is >> intended only for the use of the individual or entity named as the >> addressee. It may contain information which is privileged and/or >> confidential under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or >> such recipient's employee or agent, you are hereby notified that any >> dissemination, copy or disclosure of this communication is strictly >> prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please >> immediately notify Christopher O'Sullivan at (617) 350-6800 and notify the >> sender by electronic mail. Please expunge this communication without making >> any copies. Thank you for your cooperation. >>
