Re: [oiic-formation-discuss] Interoperability versus Conformity

["David Gerard" <dgerard@gmail.com>]

2008/6/11  <robert_weir@us.ibm.com>:

> From the study I've done of the topic, the greatest source of visual
> interoperability problems today, with the ODF implementations out there, is
> not from any defect in the ODF standard.  It is caused by incomplete/partial
> implementations of the standard, where a particular feature is implemented
> partially, or not implemented at all.  With the way document layout works, a
> small failure in a single feature can have a global effect in the document,
> shifting lines, pages, figures, around.  Small failures can make a large
> difference.  This is a kind of problem that lends itself well to testing, to
> profiling and to working with vendors toward improvements.


Do you or someone have a list of these? Sounds like an excellent start
on an ODF Acid Test. And, of course, a good checklist of what features
an ODF writer needs to implement in what order.


- d.