Hi Jason,

> I would like to know where I can get the OPEN OFFICE DOCUMENT specification
> for the OpenOffice.org's *.odb file format. 

The .odb file format is not (yet) standardized at OASIS. When it finally
will be, there will probably be some differences to the current XML
schema, to accomodate for other desktop database applications' needs.

For now, you could unzip the .odb file (it's a zip file as all Open
Document formats are). You'll find some XML files, plus a sub folder
"database". The actual data is contained in this folder, and will not be
part of an OASIS specification, as it's a highly
database-engine-dependent format. In particular, since OOo Base is using
HSQLDB (an open source Java database) as default database backend, it's
in HSQLDB's own format.

Ciao
Frank

-- 
- Frank Schönheit, Software Engineer         [EMAIL PROTECTED] -
- Sun Microsystems                      http://www.sun.com/staroffice -
- OpenOffice.org Database                   http://dba.openoffice.org -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to