WebODF online and offline office Jos van den Oever Sponsored by:
OpenDocument Format (ODF)
Open Document Format ● Format for Office Documents ● Open Standard ● All-in-one (zip) ● Still improving WebODF online and offline office
New Office Environments ● Before: just desktop computers and laptops ● Devices: phones, tables, cars, etc ● Can we write an office suite that is everywhere?
Office Suite build on HTML5 ● JavaScript
WebODF on your website You need: ● webodf.js and webodf.css ● a bit of JavaScript: var odfdiv = document.getElementById("odf"), canvas = new odf.OdfCanvas(odfdiv); odfcanvas.load("MyDocument.odt");
WebODF on your website
Mobile device Done: ● Android Coming up: ● iPhone/iPad ● MeeGo
Zarafa plugin ● server ● Web interface with plugin system ● View attachments with WebODF
Tiki Wiki 8.1 ● Support of ODF to Tiki ● View, Edit, Save ● Collaborate with people using other office suites by using WebDAV
WebODF: no conversion, just ODF.
Make it with WebODF
Use cases ● Publish spreadsheets, presentations, text documents as integral part of your website ● View office files on your mobile device ● Make your CMS, DMS, web client, … smart about office files ● Make your desktop application smart about office files
Latest developments ● Support for SVG images ● Support for embedded fonts ● Better tablet user interface (Android, iOS) ● Docnosis: ODF analysis tool with sanity checks and schema validation ● Firefox extension
In conclusion ● ODF bridges gap between PDF and HTML ● WebODF is the way to add ODF support WebODF online and offline office