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Subject: OpenFormula interview questions
I'm recording an interview later today with David Wheeler, the chair of the OpenFormula Subcommittee. They produced the spreadsheet formula specification for ODF 1.2 Following are some questions I was going to ask. Please let me know ASAP if there are any other questions you think I should ask. Regards, -Rob ========================================== Intro: tell a little about who you are, what you do Tell briefly, What is OpenFormula and who should people care? What was your Initial notice/interest in ODF? Tell how OpenFormula got started, say until the work was moved into OASIS. At that time, had you worked on standards before? You noticed that ODF 1.0 needed serious improvement in spreadsheet formula specification. What turned that from an observation into action? What factors make it possible for you as an individual contributor to get involved in an international standard? For OpenFormula, what were the main design constraints you had to contend with? As you dived deep into the intricacies of spreadsheet formulas, what are some things you came across that surprised you most? How does OpenFormula deal with the range of behavior seen in spreadsheet applications today? How do you make a standard in an area where applications currently exhibit different behaviors? If an implementor is sitting down to implement OpenFormula for the first time, what would be your advise for the top things to pay special attention to? Is OpenFormula only for ODF spreadsheets, or does it have any other potential uses? What do you think are some interesting things we should look at for future versions of OpenFormula? What is next for you, any other interesting projects catching your eye?
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