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OpenDocument Format

The OpenDocument format (ODF), an abbreviation for the OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications, is an open and free (excluding maintenance and support)[1] document file format for saving and exchanging editable office documents such as text documents (including memos, reports, and books), spreadsheets, databases, charts, and presentations. This standard was developed by the OASIS industry consortium, based upon the XML-based file format originally created by OpenOffice.org, and ODF was approved as an OASIS standard on May 1, 2005. It became an ISO standard, ISO/IEC 26300, on May 3, 2006, see main article OpenDocument.

The following tables list applications supporting OpenDocument 1.0 (ISO/IEC 26300:2006) and OpenDocument 1.1 (OASIS Standard)[2].

Text documents

Word processors

Version Operating systems Office suite Developer License ISO/IEC 26300:2006 Notes
AbiWord 2.4.2 Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Unix-based systems GNOME Office or standalone AbiSource GPL yes
Google Docs & Spreadsheets 2006 Any (Web-based) Standalone or Google Apps Google Proprietary yes
IBM Lotus Symphony 1.0+ Windows, Linux, Mac OS X IBM Lotus Symphony IBM Proprietary yes
IBM Workplace Documents 2.5+ Any (Web-based) IBM Workplace Collaboration Services IBM Proprietary yes
KWord 1.4+ Linux, Unix-based systems KOffice KDE Project LGPL yes
NeoOffice Writer 2.1 Mac OS X NeoOffice Patrick Luby and Edward Peterlin GPL yes
OpenOffice.org Writer 2.2 Windows, Linux, Unix-based systems, Mac OS X OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org LGPL yes
OpenOffice.org Writer 1.1.5 Windows, Linux, Unix-based systems, Mac OS X OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org LGPL / SISSL Import only
StarOffice Writer 8 Windows, Linux, Solaris StarOffice Sun Microsystems Proprietary yes
TextMaker 2006 and higher Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Pocket PC, Windows CE SoftMaker Office SoftMaker Proprietary yes
TextEdit 1.5 and higher Mac OS X Standalone Apple Inc. Bundled with Mac OS X/Source code available yes
WordPerfect X4 (2008) Windows Corel WordPerfect Office X4 Corel Proprietary Import only
Zoho Writer 2006 Any (Web-based) Standalone AdventNet Proprietary yes
Version Operating systems Office suite Developer License ISO/IEC 26300:2006 Notes

Other applications

Besides word processors, other programs can and do support the OpenDocument text format. See the List of applications supporting OpenDocument for more.

Spreadsheet documents

Version Operating systems Office suite Developer License ISO/IEC 26300:2006 Notes
EditGrid Any (Web-based) Team and Concepts Proprietary yes
Gnumeric 1.7+ Linux, Unix-based systems, Windows GNOME Office GNOME GPL yes, not valid Incomplete support
Google Spreadsheets Any (Web-based) Google Docs & Spreadsheets Google Proprietary yes, some docs not valid
IBM Lotus Symphony 1.0+ Windows, Linux, Mac OS X IBM Lotus Symphony IBM Proprietary yes
IBM Workplace Documents 2.5+ Any (Web-based) IBM Workplace Collaboration Services IBM Proprietary yes
KSpread 1.4+ Linux, Unix-based systems KOffice KDE Project LGPL yes
NeoOffice Calc 1.2 Mac OS X NeoOffice Patrick Luby and Edward Peterlin GPL Import only
OpenOffice.org Calc 2.0 Windows, Linux, Unix-based systems, Mac OS X OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org LGPL yes
StarOffice Calc 8 Windows, Linux, Solaris StarOffice Sun Microsystems Proprietary yes
Zoho Sheet 2006 Any (Web-based) Standalone AdventNet Proprietary yes
Version Operating systems Office suite Developer License ISO/IEC 26300:2006 Notes

Presentation documents

Version Operating systems Office suite Developer License ISO/IEC 26300:2006 Notes
IBM Lotus Symphony 1.0+ Windows, Linux, Mac OS X IBM Lotus Symphony IBM Proprietary yes
IBM Workplace Documents 2.5+ Any (Web-based) IBM Workplace Collaboration Services IBM Proprietary
KPresenter 1.4+ Linux, Unix-based systems KOffice KDE Project LGPL yes, not valid
NeoOffice Impress 1.2 Mac OS X NeoOffice Patrick Luby and Edward Peterlin GPL Import only
OpenOffice.org Impress 2.0 Windows, Linux, Unix-based systems, Mac OS X OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org LGPL yes
StarOffice Impress 8 Windows, Linux, Solaris StarOffice Sun Microsystems Proprietary yes
Zoho Show 2006 Any (Web-based) Standalone AdventNet Proprietary yes, not valid
Version Operating systems Office suite Developer License ISO/IEC 26300:2006 Notes

Conversion / Publishing systems

Version Operating systems Office suite Developer License ISO/IEC 26300:2006 Notes
Docvert 3.4 Client: any browser (open source or proprietary HTTP clients are compatible with GPLv3 web service interface). Server: Many. Many Matthew Holloway GPLv3 yes
3BOpenDoc 2.1 Desktop: Any (Web-based) Server: Linux, Windows Many 3BView Proprietary yes Server based
JODConverter 2.1.1 Windows, Linux, Unix-based systems, Mac OS X N/A Art of Solving LGPL yes
Version Operating systems Office suite Developer License ISO/IEC 26300:2006 Notes

OpenDocument Format version in exported files

Root elements in ODF files take an office:version attribute, which indicates which version of OpenDocument Format specification it complies with. The version number is in the format revision.version. If the file has a version known to an XML processor, it may validate the document. Otherwise, it is optional to validate the document, but the document must be well formed. Informations from OpenDocument specification [1]

Following table contains list of ODF specification version attribute office:version="1.X" used in files exported from OpenDocument software.

Tested sample documents contained one simple sentence (text) or 10 rows with numbers (sheet). Validation was tested in two different ODF validators [2][3].

Tested software version ODF version attribute in exported file
office:version="1.X" 		File type Validation of simple
new document [4][5] 		Notes
AbiWord 2.6.4 1.0 ODT valid
EditGrid 11/2008 1.0 ODS valid
Gnumeric 1.9.3 1.0 ODS not valid
Google Docs & Spreadsheets 11/2008 1.0 ODT, ODS valid - ODT,
different results - ODS
IBM Lotus Symphony 1.1.0 1.1 ODT, ODS, ODP valid
Inkscape 0.4.6 1.0 ODG not valid
KOffice 1.6.3 attribute is missing ODT, ODS, ODP valid - ODT, ODS,
not valid - ODP 		ODT, ODS - valid
ODF 1.0 and 1.1
Microsoft Office - SUN ODF Plugin 1.2 1.1 ODT, ODS, ODP valid
Microsoft Office - OpenXML/ODF Translator Add-in 2.0 attribute is missing ODT, ODS, ODP different results - ODT,
valid - ODS,
not valid - ODP 		ODF 1.1 implemented [6]
OpenOffice.org 2.0 - 2.3.0 1.0 ODT, ODS, ODP valid (tested 2.3.0)
OpenOffice.org 2.3.1 - 2.4.2 1.1 ODT, ODS, ODP valid
OpenOffice.org 3.0 1.1 and 1.2 ODT, ODS, ODP valid adjustable ODF version
TextEdit 1.5 (244) 1.0 ODT different results in validators (settings.xml is missing[7])
TextMaker 2008 rev.494 1.0 ODT not valid (error in styles.xml)
Zoho Office Suite 11/2008 1.0 ODT, ODS, ODP valid - ODT, ODS,
not valid - ODP
Tested software version ODF version attribute in exported file
office:version="1.X" 		File type Validation of simple
new document [8][9] 		Notes

OpenDocument Format validators

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=335446
  2. ^ "Members Approve OpenDocument Version 1.1 as OASIS Standard". OASIS. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
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