Re: [office] Extensions and MIME types

[Michael Brauer <michael.brauer@sun.com>]

Hi all,

there seem to be at least two sub topics that need to be discussed in 
our TC:

a) Do we want to specify/recommend file name extensions, and if so, the 
ones OpenOffice.org suggests?
b) There seem to exists some more document types than the ones where we 
currently specify MIME types for (namely formulas, master documents and 
web documents). Do we want to add them?

Maybe Gary has some mor sub topics to discuss.

Best regards

Michael

Michael Brauer wrote:
> Hi Gary,
> 
> I've already added this item to our agenda.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Michael
> 
> Gary Edwards wrote:
> 
>> Hi OASIS OO TC,
>>
>> If possible, as part of the  August 9th agenda, could we discuss the 
>> proposed changes to file format extensions and mime types?  These 
>> proposals were somewhat put forward by Michael Brauer in his email 
>> message:* [office] Extensions and MIME types*.
>>
>> The proposals are outlined and explained in a document Michael pointed 
>> to in his message:
>>
>> <Michael> "The OpenOffice.org people created a proposal which 
>> extension they want to use in their product, so we might want to 
>> continue our discussion:
>>
>> http://specs.openoffice.org/appwide/fileIO/FileFormatNames.sxw </Michael>
>>
>> The new extensions have caused a bit of a flurry at OpenOffice.org.  
>> One i must respond to.  So if it's all the same to the members of the 
>> TC, i would appreciate it if we could bring this issue up for 
>> discussion.   And if there are no objections, a vote, one way or the 
>> other, would be helpful.  What i really need is a sense of where the 
>> TC members are regarding the new file extension proposal.
>> Oh yeah,
>>
>> +1 New File Extensions and Mime Types.
>>
>> Thanks, i hope the list server can handle html,
>> ~ge~
>>
>>
>> *Proposed File Type Names:*
>>
>>     *
>>
>>       Open Office Text
>>
>>     *
>>
>>       Open Office Text Template
>>
>>     *
>>
>>       Open Office Spreadsheet
>>
>>     *
>>
>>       Open Office Spreadsheet Template
>>
>>     *
>>
>>       Open Office Presentation
>>
>>     *
>>
>>       Open Office Presentation Template
>>
>>     *
>>
>>       Open Office Drawing
>>
>>     *
>>
>>       Open Office Drawing Template
>>
>>     *
>>
>>       Open Office Master Document
>>
>>     *
>>
>>       Open Office Formula
>>
>> *Proposed File Format Extensions:*
>>
>> Application
>>
>>     
>>
>> *Old File Names
>> (OOo 1.1/SO 7)*
>>
>>     
>>
>> *Old File Extension
>> *File / Template
>>
>>     
>>
>> *New File Names*
>>
>>     
>>
>> *New File Extension
>> *File / Template
>>
>> Writer
>>
>>     
>>
>> {Productname}^^1 <#sdfootnote1sym> Text Document
>>
>>     
>>
>> sxw
>>
>> stw
>>
>>     
>>
>> Open Office Text
>>
>> Open Office Text Template
>>
>>     
>>
>> *oot*
>>
>> *ott*
>>
>> Writer (Master)
>>
>>     
>>
>> {Productname} Master Document
>>
>>     
>>
>> sxg
>>
>> ---
>>
>>     
>>
>> Open Office Master Document
>>
>> ---
>>
>>     
>>
>> *oom*
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Writer/WEB
>>
>>     
>>
>> {Productname} 6.0/7 HTML Template
>>
>>     
>>
>> stw
>>
>>     
>>
>> HTML Document Template
>>
>>     
>>
>> *oth*
>>
>> Calc
>>
>>     
>>
>> {Productname} Spreadsheet
>>
>>     
>>
>> sxc
>>
>> stc
>>
>>     
>>
>> Open Office Spreadsheet
>>
>> Open Office Spreadsheet Template
>>
>>     
>>
>> *oos*
>>
>> *ots*
>>
>> Draw
>>
>>     
>>
>> {Productname} Drawing
>>
>>     
>>
>> sd
>>
>> stc
>>
>>     
>>
>> Open Office Drawing
>>
>> Open Office Drawing Template
>>
>>     
>>
>> *ood*
>>
>> *otd*
>>
>> Impress
>>
>>     
>>
>> {Productname} Presentation
>>
>>     
>>
>> sxi
>>
>> sti
>>
>>     
>>
>> Open Office Presentation
>>
>> Open Office Presentation Template
>>
>>     
>>
>> *oop*
>>
>> *otp*
>>
>> Math
>>
>>     
>>
>> {Productname} Formula
>>
>>     
>>
>> sxm
>>
>> ---
>>
>>     
>>
>> Open Office Formula
>>
>> ---
>>
>>     
>>
>> *oof*
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Database^2 <#sdfootnote2sym>
>>
>>     
>>
>> -- 
>>
>>     
>>
>> -- 
>>
>>     
>>
>> Open Office Database
>>
>>     
>>
>> *odb*
>>
>>
>> *Mime Types:*
>>
>> Application
>>
>>     
>>
>> Mime Type
>>
>> Writer
>>
>>     
>>
>> application/x-vnd.oasis.openoffice.text
>>
>> Writer/WEB
>>
>>     
>>
>> application/x-vnd.oasis.openoffice.text-web
>>
>> Writer/Master
>>
>>     
>>
>> application/x-vnd.oasis.openoffice.text-master
>>
>> Draw
>>
>>     
>>
>> application/x-vnd.oasis.openoffice.drawing
>>
>> Impress
>>
>>     
>>
>> application/x-vnd.oasis.openoffice.presentation
>>
>> Calc
>>
>>     
>>
>> application/x-vnd.oasis.openoffice.spreadsheet
>>
>> Chart
>>
>>     
>>
>> application/x-vnd.oasis.openoffice.chart
>>
>> Math
>>
>>     
>>
>> application/x-vnd.oasis.openoffice.formula
>>
>> Base
>>
>>     
>>
>> application/x-vnd.oasis.openoffice.database
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 

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