Open Office File Format / Graphics / Draw

[David Faure <faure@kde.org>]

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Subject: Open Office File Format / Graphics / Draw
Date: Thursday 17 July 2003 00:22
From: Dirk Schönberger <dirk.schoenberger@sz-online.de>
To: <faure@kde.org>

Hi,

I found the discussion about the Open Office file format on oasis-open.org.
My current work included some work on a import filter for Adobe Illustrator
files into KOffice / Karbon.
The import filter (written in ruby) tries to transfer the data structures from Adobe
Illustrator into a XML like syntax, using a SAX like filter. This allows me
to define and extend my own dataformat, as I see fit. The idea is currently
not to implement a given file format (Karbon, OpenOffice draw or the like),
but instead model the full feature set of Adobe Illustrator until version 8.

I have uploaded some sample documents, you may find it at
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/dschon/fillrule.xml
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/dschon/almeria2_corel.xml
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/dschon/logo.xml

Could you please forward this mail to the office@oasis-open.org, too.
The idea is to put some new ideas into the discussion about what is needed
for a editable graphics format (instead of a render-only graphics format
like SVG)

Regards
Dirk

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There is no formal description of this format yet, but open the
above examples to see what it's about.

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