Approval of OpenDocument Version 1.2 as Committee Specification (CS)

[Robin Cover <robin@oasis-open.org>]

OASIS Members,

We are pleased to announce the approval of an OASIS Committee
Specification (CS) by the OpenDocument TC Members:

Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) Version 1.2
Committee Specification 01
17 March 2011

Overview: Open Document Format for Office Applications
(OpenDocument) Version 1.2 specifies the characteristics
of an XML-based application-independent and
platform-independent digital document file format, as
well as the characteristics of software applications
which read, write and process such documents. This
standard is applicable to document authoring, editing,
viewing, exchange and archiving, including text documents,
spreadsheets, presentation graphics, drawings, charts
and similar documents commonly used by personal
productivity software applications.

The OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications
(OpenDocument) TC [1] devlops an XML-based file format
specification for office applications

URIs: The prose specification document and related files
at CS level are available here:

Editable Source:
Core:   http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01.odt
Part 1: http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-part1.odt
Part 2: http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-part2.odt
Part 3: http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-part3.odt

HTML:
Core:   http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01.html
Part 1: http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-part1.html
Part 2: http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-part2.html
Part 3: http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-part3.html

PDF:
Core:   http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01.pdf
Part 1: http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-part1.pdf
Part 2: http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-part2.pdf
Part 3: http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-part3.pdf

RNG schema and OWL files:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-dsig-schema.rng
http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-manifest-schema.rng
http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-schema.rng
http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-metadata.owl
http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-package-metadata.owl

Distribution ZIP files
Entire specification:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01.zip
Schema files:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/cs01/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-schemas.zip

Members of the OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications
(OpenDocument) TC [1] requested a Special Majority Vote to approve
this specification (Committee Specification Draft 07 / Public
Review Draft 03) as a Committee Specification. The specification
had been released for public review as required by the TC Process
[2]. The vote to approve at Committee Specification (CS) level
passed [3], and the approved CS 01 is available online in the
OASIS Library as referenced above.

- rcc

Robin Cover
Interim TC Administrator
OASIS, Director of Information Services
Editor, Cover Pages and XML Daily Newslink
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========== Additional references:

[1] OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
     http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office/

[2] Public review and CS approval
    15-day Public Review of OpenDocument v1.2 (17 December 2010)
    http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201012/msg00001.html
    60-day Public Review of OpenDocument v1.2 (8 July 2010)
    http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/201007/msg00004.html

    http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process-2010-07-28.php#publicReview
    http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process-2010-07-28.php#committeeSpec

[3] CS ballot
    http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ballot.php?id=2006