On 4 August 2014 18:23, Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> wrote:
> Jan asks good questions below. > > I have a comment with regard to (3) "Will the OOXML implementation allow > round-trip of our documents without loss of information?" > > It strikes me that there are OOXML import and export capabilities already > in Apache OpenOffice and a better question may have to do with whether > those capabilities will satisfy condition (3) and how can they be improved > to do so. > > I am assuming that Jan is considering more than AOO round-tripping with > itself, although it would be strange were that not already true. The trick > is round-tripping with other implementations of OOXML, perhaps, including > the OOXML support of the AOO cousin, LibreOffice? > > Sadly enough round-trip within AOO is not at all given, but you are right I was thinking about the AOO specialities in e.g. Microsoft word (it could also be that the new development simply ignores these fields) > I note that the current support is not being mentioned in this discussion > so far. I think it may be that is related to the focus on implementations > for mobile devices and other non-desktop solutions. It's not clear though. > Or because the import function for OOXML does not work for a large amount of documents. thanks for clarifying my questions: rgds Jan I. > > > -- Dennis E. Hamilton > dennis.hamil...@acm.org +1-206-779-9430 > https://keybase.io/orcmid PGP F96E 89FF D456 628A > X.509 certs used and requested for signed e-mail > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: jan i [mailto:j...@apache.org] > Sent: Monday, August 4, 2014 08:42 > To: dev > Subject: Ongoing OOXML development and "implementation defined" items. > > Hi. > > Based on the information from dennis/peter, I think it would be highly > interesting to know: > > 1) How are the "implementation defined" items implemented, is the intention > to forward a list to dev@ and ask for opinions (of course in a style so an > opinion is possible to give) ? > > 2) How will the "implementation defined" items, be documented, they are > likely to change over time, to its problaly a poing where maintenance is > needed, and thus a higher demand on documentation ? > > 3) Will the OOXML implementation allow round-trip of our documents without > loss of information ? > > > unlike the sidebar development, this develoment seems closed, I expect > there are good reasons for it, but items where many can have an opinion > (format conversion being a typical example) would be nice to discuss. > > thanks in advance. > rgds > jan I > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
