RE: [office] Extensions and MIME types

[Gary Edwards <GaryEdwards@Yahoo.com>]

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 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 ---
Database2	--	--	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