RE: [oic] RE: deliverable "state of interoperability"

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

One specific weakness of replacing the content of the document is that, 
with a proportionate font, different text, even when having the exact same 
number of characters, may result in a different line length than the 
original, potentially changing the layout of the entire document.

But we could observe that a document that depends on the specific location 
of soft line breaks is not going to be interoperable in general, even 
between different versions of the same word processor.

-Rob

Stephen Peront <stepper@microsoft.com> wrote on 01/20/2009 07:09:04 PM:

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> RE: [oic] RE: deliverable "state of interoperability"
> 
> Stephen Peront 
> 
> to:
> 
> robert_weir@us.ibm.com, oic@lists.oasis-open.org
> 
> 01/20/2009 07:12 PM
> 
> Yes, this is the ideal way to source sample documents. Although, in 
> my experience, this can be a very time consuming task for most "real
> world" documents which usually contain advanced formatting and 
> specific complex types of data that require detailed knowledge of 
> the presentation to remain helpful after being cleansed.
> 
> If there are "real world" documents that people can make available, 
> this is definitely the ideal situation. However, if people would 
> like to share some document scenarios along with the associated 
> interoperability strength/concern - I will be happy to coordinate 
> these and work with TC members to document the scenario, strength/
> concern and create a sample document that can serve as a relevant 
example.
> 
> Rgds,
> -Stephen
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: robert_weir@us.ibm.com [mailto:robert_weir@us.ibm.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 12:47 PM
> To: oic@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: [oic] RE: deliverable "state of interoperability"
> 
> Hmmm... that suggests a possible tool.  Take an input ODF document and 
> replace all of the content with "Ipsum Lorem" text.  Keep the styles and 

> structure the same, but replace all of the text.  You would also need to 

> strip out metadata and replace any image with an equivalent sized fake 
> image.
> 
> Presumably a document processed by this tool would show any 
> interoperability problem of the original document, but would be free of 
> any IP, confidentiality or privacy concerns.  (But I'm not a lawyer).
> 
> -Rob
> 
> "Hanssens Bart" <Bart.Hanssens@fedict.be> wrote on 01/20/2009 02:35:40 
PM:
> 
> 
> > Hi Stephen,
> > 
> > 
> > > Specifically I will do my best to contribute as much as I am able 
> > to the third
> > > bullet point below (scenarios/documents)...
> > 
> > That's great.
> > 
> > I must plead guilty in some way, as I do have documents that I 
> > cannot contribute
> > since I don't own the rights on them (although I'm willing to create
> > similar docs,
> > when time permits...)
> > 
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > Bart
> 
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