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On Sun, Jun 16, 2013, at 07:51 PM, Michael MacFadden wrote: > Rob, > > I would be interested in continuing this conversation. I have been > working with the top minds in OT for the past few years. I am excited to > hear the OO is interested in an OT supported mechanism. How far along are > you in the process? > > ~Michael > > On Jun 16, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > > I'm not subscribed to this list, but Christian Grobmeier pointed me to > > John's post about how OT and Wave could be relevant to OpenOffice. > > > > I wanted to mention that the idea is being discussed, but at the > > standards level. The default document format for OpenOffice is Open > > Document Format (ODF), which is standardized at OASIS and ISO. (I > > chair the committee at OASIS). We're currently working on ODF 1.3 and > > as part of that we're adding a new change tracking mechanism based on > > OT. This is the traditional asynchronous change tracking that office > > suites have had for years, but modeled on OT terms. > > > > And, although not specified at this point, we're also aware that OT > > enables more interesting modes of collaboration, including > > synchronous/real-time, co-editing, etc. That's the main reason the OT > > approach is attractive, is that we can have a single model that will > > work for change tracking as well as co-editing. > > > > Once we get the standard side of this elaborated in more details, then > > the next step will be to get it implemented in Apache OpenOffice as > > well as the Apache ODF Toolit (incubating). But the pace of > > standardization is slow, and I wouldn't expect this before 2014. > > > > Regards, > > > > -Rob
