Re: ODF 1.2 Approval and Extensions (was RE: [libreoffice-users] Calc corrupted an Excel xlsx f...)

On 08/09/2011, Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamilton@acm.org> wrote:
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> I have no idea what it means to be using 1.2 extended (other than it being
> the recommended default).

Is this a legitimate question to ask the programmers?

> There is no way to identify an ODF document as "1.2 extended".

I've been experimenting to use the flat xml odt format (to enable
subversion control) and notice that the element 'office' does show the
attribute 'version=1.2'. However, cannot see an indication within LO
user interface to indicate office file format version.

> no way to tell as an user whether a document written with that option set
> *actually* depends on a LibreOffice extension or not.  Using 1.1 as my
> output format, or using 1.2 as my output format (not extended), I have never
> received a warning that my document uses features that are not supported by
> the target format.  I don't know if that is because I have not done anything
> to require an extension or because I am not being told.

This should be as important than telling the user that saving a
document in a non-standard m$ format

> And finally, I have no way of telling what another consumer will do if an
> actual extension feature is encountered in a document identified as being
> ODF 1.2.

A detailed features list would solve this problem

> Participants from Microsoft have not voted against advancement of this
> specification toward becoming a standard even once.  Not once.  Not ever on
> the ODF TC.  To my limited knowledge, participants representing National
> Bodies at the ISO and also associated with Microsoft have never voted
> against approval of ODF or any updates to ODF that have been made so far at
> ISO.

Good to hear; further justification for the EU legal case that occurred.

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