Re: [office] Evolving ODF, Interop and Multiple Implementations

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

office@lists.oasis-open.org wrote on 10/25/2012 10:39:46
AM:

> From: André Rebentisch <andre.rebentisch@arsaperta.com>
> To: robert_weir@us.ibm.com, office@lists.oasis-open.org,

> Date: 10/25/2012 10:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [office] Evolving ODF, Interop and
Multiple Implementations
> Sent by: office@lists.oasis-open.org
> 
> Dear Rob,
> 
> Am 22.10.2012 21:25, schrieb robert_weir@us.ibm.com:
> >> I'd like to suggest that we do this based on the existence
of
> >> *multiple implementations* of the new capability, or at least
of
> >> committed plans of multiple implementers to implement the
new capability.
> 
> In principle parties are free to implement earlier incarnations of
the
> format.
> 

Yes. But that is not really an argument for deciding
what additions we put into ODF 1.3.


> >> In other words, I'd like to discourage adding capabilities
to ODF 1.
> >> 3 unless it promotes interoperability. 
> 
> Would that speed up the pace of development?
> 

Development of the spec or the implementation?

-Rob


> Best,
> André
> 
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