OpenDocument Steve Adebayo April 1, 2006

Learning Objectives OpenDocument Format Zip Archive Downloading OpenOffice Transform OpenOffice Document

Timeline 1. OpenOffice.org creates the OpenOffice.org Sun submits the OpenOffice.org 1.0 format to OASIS for standardization. KDE and Corel join the OASIS TC and help expand the format. 3. The European Union commissions Valoris to report on open file formats. 4. The new OASIS format is called Open Office XML. 5. OpenOffice.org and KOffice both commit to making it their native format. 6. The Valoris report is published. The EU makes recommendations, including the submission to ISO. 7. The format is submitted to ISO and changes its name to the OpenDocument format.

What is OpenDocument? OpenDocument is an XML format standardized by OASIS(Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards). OpenOffice.org will read and save files in several formats used by other office applications, but its default format is OpenDocument

OpenDocument Continued An OpenDocument file takes the form of a compressed zip archive with one of the following extensions: ●.odt (text) ●.odm (master document) ●.oth (HTML template) ●.ods (spreadsheet) ●.odg (drawing) ●.odp (presentation) ●.odb (database)

Zip Archive Content.xmlMeta.xmlSettings.xmlStyles.xmlManifest.xml

Content.xml The root contains only the document content, along with the automatic styles needed for the document content: </element></define>

Meta.xml The root contains the meta information about a document. </element></define>

Settings.xml The root contains application specific settings to be applied when processing this document. </element></define>

Styles.xml The root contains all named styles of a document, along with the automatic styles needed for the named styles: </element></define>

Manifest.xml

Downloading OpenOffice OpenSource- Free to Download Includes Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, and Base tml tml

Exercise Create an OO document and then use XSLT to transform it. Helpful Link: cit.info/odbook/apc.html#xslt-framework- section