Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Do not support writing to OOXML format

On 01/01/2011 11:29 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote:

> Several of the comments here suggest a middle road, allowing the save
> but with a message clarifying the limitations of the format (and perhaps
> recommending use of the XP formats if interoperating with an MS-only
> shop; their ODF support is not truly interoperable at a reasonable
> level, the older formats come closer). That seems reasonable, at least
> for editing documents that are received in these formats -- I'm not
> convinced it should be allowed for new work, though. At the least, the
> SaveAs dialog should label the format using the word Transitional. It
> probably makes sense to start working towards OOXML "Strict" export as
> soon as that is a reasonably stationary target, though. Wouldn't it be
> great if LibO were the first implementation compliant with the ISO
> standard? And if the other FOSS implementations also headed there, we
> could beat MS at their own game!

Standards support is a thorny field. The reality is that no one supports 
a standard by default, but only with a specific choice in configuration 
(including LibreOffice with ODF, as 1.2 is not yet the standard format 
and 1.2 Extended is not going to be a standard).

Supporting OOXML Strict today would make LO not compatible with MS 
Office, and users do want interoperability and not just standard compliance.

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