[libreoffice-users] Re: LO compatibility

Jim Seymour wrote
> Pedro wrote:
> > So it's not a case that LO is not implementing the existing ODF
> > standards but that it is already improving on them (in an open
> > manner, unlike MS XML). So OASIS has to catch up :)
>
> OASIS establishes the standards, no?  If such is the case: What
> you've written, above, is what we call "putting the cart before the
> horse."  And that's putting the best possible light on it.

This is not how the ODF standard is developed. As Italo has indicated it
happens slowly over a long time, and there are various reasons for this.
There is a statement on the OASIS website (which unfortunately I cannot find
at present) which indicates that in order for a new feature to be included
in ODF-Next by OASIS, it must first be implemented in a few different pieces
of software e.g., Apache OO, LO, and AbiWord (2+ or 3+ implementations from
memory). ODF needs to be practical (based on real-world use cases) and
community-driven rather than a theoretical specification developed in
isolation by a chosen few.


TomD wrote
> LibreOffice does use the ODF 1.2 and that did become an ISO standard a
> couple of years ago.

No. The information provided by Italo up-thread is correct:


italovignoli wrote
> ... ODF 1.2 which is in the process of becoming an ISO standard (backward
> compatible with ODF 1.0). Standard definitions, by their own nature, are
> moving slowly.

Details on milestones in the ISO/IEC approval process  here
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument_standardization#OpenDocument_1.2> 
. 

Best wishes, Owen.



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