On Sat, 15 Mar 2014 20:49:32 -0700 (PDT) Owen Genat <[email protected]> wrote: [snip] > 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. [snip]
Given the way OASIS is organized (I'm assuming the description given previously is essentially accurate in the important aspects): "developed in isolation by a chosen few" is a non-issue, right out of the gate. Practical implementations of a proposed standard are wonderful, but, before it's part of the standard, documents written with such extensions are, _by definition_, non-standard formats. In my opinion: LibréOffice ought not be writing documents, by default, in non-standard formats. I am disappointed to find that it does :( To add insult-to-injury: "1.2 Extended" is, in my opinion, misleading. It does not clearly indicate that what it really means is "1.2 with new and improved, but non-standard, features." I'm an IT guy with many, many years experience, and, even had I noticed that buried option on my own, it would not have occurred to me to wonder "I wonder if that means it's non-standard?" Regards, Jim -- Note: My mail server employs *very* aggressive anti-spam filtering. If you reply to this email and your email is rejected, please accept my apologies and let me know via my web form at <http://jimsun.LinxNet.com/contact/scform.php>. -- 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
