Re: [opendocument-users] Info and comments needed for article on OpenDocument traps

["M. Fioretti" <mfioretti@mclink.it>]

Thanks for the prompt reply. Further comments and questions inline

On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 23:50:53 PM -0700, Dennis E. Hamilton
(dennis.hamilton@acm.org) wrote:

> Well, any place where a new namespace can be introduced for

Is there a list of these places, besides what you wrote in point 2 of
your reply?

>   2. There can be arbitrary document metadata (section 2.2),
> formatting properties (section 15) and their application-determined
> defaults.

Also, you concluded that it is:

> good news, then, that Microsoft is... only supporting conversion
> ... via the open-source converter project... So they don't have any
> way to sneak in their nefarious extensions, aye?

But if, as you said:

>   1. [in the spec] There is a general allowance for arbitrary
> introduction of foreign tags ... It is also stated that they should
> be preserved.

and  
>   4. OpenOffice already preserves OLE objects and alternative
> renderings for images in ODF as part of maintaining compatibility
> with Microsoft Office if the document is exported back to Office.

why shold that converter not have the same problem, that is leave in
place any properly packaged "extension" found in MS Office files?

Thanks,
	Marco

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