Re: [libreoffice-users] use of flat xml formats

On Tue, 2011-09-27 at 14:41 +0100, e-letter wrote: 

> Readers,
>
> Is there a logical reason why xslt filters need to be selected
> manually for installation? Flat xml file formats are a very good
> feature, especially for document version control. Why is flat xml not
> the default file format for LO?

I am not sure which filters come installed in the base configuration
because I tend install all the filters.

The ODF formats are default because they are official (ISO?) standards
for general purpose office type documents. Because ODF formats are an
international standard producers of office suites - in theory - should
support the latest version (1.2) allowing users to easily share
documents no matter what program produced the original. MS has not
implemented 1.2 support yet in MSO 2010. I believe the ODF formats are a
type of compressed xml file. The issue of flat xml is whether other,
particularly commercial, suites directly support the format. My
suspicion  is FLOSS projects probably do but commercial support may be
erratic.

-- 
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com

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