[plug] Document Builder?

Kirk Turner kirk.turner at wagoonline.com
Wed Mar 3 09:44:16 WST 2004


On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 10:09, Trevor Phillips wrote:
> I'm on a quest to find a way of creating and maintaining a document in a 
> format which can be manipulated and used in different ways. While I could 
> write such a system myself, it would be easier (and preferred by the 
> higher-ups) if we could use something standards-based.
> 
> Features desired include:
>  *Strong Hierarchical document structure (headings, sub-headings, etc...)
>  *Conversion to printable format
>  *Versatile HTML/Web browsable format
>  *Easy to edit (preferrably with a Web interface; preferrably not custom 
> client software - although would be acceptable if cross-platform) for 
> non-technical users

Open Office format? I haven't looked into this myself but it would
certainly qualify - the question is whether it has too much that must be
defined.


A couple of links:
http://xml.openoffice.org/general.html
The standard is being extended by oasis it looks like.
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office

Kirk

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