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* Let e-mail clients (Thunderbird) render OpenDocuments as the body of the e-mail client.
* Let e-mail clients (Thunderbird) render OpenDocuments as the body of the e-mail client.
* Let e-mail clients (Thunderbird) transform OpenDocument into HTML as body of the e-mail client.
* Let e-mail clients (Thunderbird) transform OpenDocument into HTML as body of the e-mail client.
==Key challenges==
*Speed of the implementation
*Formating acuracy
==Notes==
A ''good enough'' solution and basic interpretation of the OpenDocument can generate a great advantage on support of the open standard and ease its use.
==Related Links==
* [http://phpdocwriter.sourceforge.net/ PhpDocWriter] - PHP API to render OpenDocuments
* [http://forrest.apache.org/pluginDocs/plugins_0_70/usingPlugins.html Apache Forrest ] - Apache Forrest module for OpenDocuments
* [http://xml.openoffice.org/xml_specification.pdf OpenDocument Specification PDF] This documents defines the XML file format used OpenOffice.org. It serves as reference for the format.
* [http://xml.openoffice.org/source/browse/xml/xmloff/dtd/ XML File Format DTD] The document type definition provides a handy reference against which all OpenOffice.org XML files can be validated against.

Latest revision as of 17:37, 11 November 2005

What is..

  • OpenDocuments: OpenDocument is an open standard for office productivity documents engineered by the OASIS group. The document is related to OpenOffice.org, StarOffice and KOffice documents.

Why this is important

  • Let users read opendocuments from the browser
  • Let e-mail clients (Thunderbird) render OpenDocuments as the body of the e-mail client.
  • Let e-mail clients (Thunderbird) transform OpenDocument into HTML as body of the e-mail client.

Key challenges

  • Speed of the implementation
  • Formating acuracy

Notes

A good enough solution and basic interpretation of the OpenDocument can generate a great advantage on support of the open standard and ease its use.

Related Links

  • PhpDocWriter - PHP API to render OpenDocuments
  • Apache Forrest - Apache Forrest module for OpenDocuments
  • OpenDocument Specification PDF This documents defines the XML file format used OpenOffice.org. It serves as reference for the format.
  • XML File Format DTD The document type definition provides a handy reference against which all OpenOffice.org XML files can be validated against.