Jim Seymour wrote > Pedro wrote: >> So it's not a case that LO is not implementing the existing ODF >> standards but that it is already improving on them (in an open >> manner, unlike MS XML). So OASIS has to catch up :) > > OASIS establishes the standards, no? If such is the case: What > you've written, above, is what we call "putting the cart before the > horse." And that's putting the best possible light on it.
This is not how the ODF standard is developed. As Italo has indicated it happens slowly over a long time, and there are various reasons for this. There is a statement on the OASIS website (which unfortunately I cannot find at present) which indicates that in order for a new feature to be included in ODF-Next by OASIS, it must first be implemented in a few different pieces of software e.g., Apache OO, LO, and AbiWord (2+ or 3+ implementations from memory). ODF needs to be practical (based on real-world use cases) and community-driven rather than a theoretical specification developed in isolation by a chosen few. TomD wrote > LibreOffice does use the ODF 1.2 and that did become an ISO standard a > couple of years ago. No. The information provided by Italo up-thread is correct: italovignoli wrote > ... ODF 1.2 which is in the process of becoming an ISO standard (backward > compatible with ODF 1.0). Standard definitions, by their own nature, are > moving slowly. Details on milestones in the ISO/IEC approval process here <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument_standardization#OpenDocument_1.2> . Best wishes, Owen. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Re-LO-compatibility-tp4101492p4101650.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
