# XML - Managing Data Exchange/OpenOffice.org & OpenDocument Format

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| **Learning objectives**                                    |
|                                                            |
| -   Learn how OpenOffice.org uses OpenDocument Format      |
| -   Learn about the zip archive                            |
| -   Learn about OpenOffice capabilites and how to download |
| -   Learn about the future of OpenDocument Format          |
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## Introduction

OpenOffice.org is exactly what its title suggests: an open source office
applications suite. It is based on the source of Sun Microsystems\'
StarOffice, which was donated to the open source community in 2000.
OpenOffice.org will read and save files in several formats used by other
office applications, but its default format is OpenDocument, which is an
XML format standardized by OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of
Structured Information Standards). Because of these two factors, an open
source editor and XML-based files, OpenOffice.org is poised to be of
great importance in the very near future as the trend continues for
national governments, particularly in the European Union, to require
that all electronic government documents be saved in an open source
format.

## OpenDocument Format

As stated in the introduction, OpenDocument is an XML format
standardized by OASIS. An OpenDocument file takes the form of a
compressed zip archive with one of the following extensions:

-   .odt (text)
-   .ott (text template)
-   .odm (master document)
-   .oth (HTML template)
-   .ods (spreadsheet)
-   .ots (spreadsheet template)
-   .odg (drawing)
-   .otg (drawing template)
-   .odp (presentation)
-   .otp (presentation template)
-   .odf (formula)
-   .odb (database)

(Note that all of these extensions are version 2.0 only)

The zip archive contains the following files and directories (from
OpenOffice.org Help documentation):

-   The actual text of the document is stored in
    `<b>`{=html}content.xml`</b>`{=html}. By default this is a
    stripped-down version of the document that leaves out formatting
    elements such as indentation or line breaks in order to streamline
    saving and opening the document.

**content.xml Example**

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| ``` xml                                         |
| <office:document-content namespace declarations |
|   office:version="1.0"                          |
|   office:class="document type">                 |
|                                                 |
|     <office:scripts/>                           |
|                                                 |
|     <office:font-face-decls>                    |
|         <!-- font specifications -->            |
|     </office:font-decls>                        |
|                                                 |
|     <office:styles>                             |
|         <office:automatic-styles>               |
|             <!-- style information -->          |
|         </office:automatic-styles>              |
|     </office:styles>                            |
|                                                 |
|     <office:body>                               |
|         <office:documentType>                   |
|             <!-- actual content here -->        |
|         </office:documentType>                  |
|     </office:body>                              |
| </office:document-content>                      |
| ```                                             |
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-   **meta.xml** contains the meta information of the document, which
    can be edited in File -- Properties. If a document is saved with a
    password, meta.xml will not be encrypted.

**meta.xml Example**

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| ``` xml                                                              |
|  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>                             |
| <office:document-meta xmlns:                                         |
| office="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:office:1.0" xmlns:xlin |
| k="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elemen |
| ts/1.1/" xmlns:meta="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:meta:1.0" |
|  xmlns:ooo="http://openoffice.org/2004/office" office:version="1.0"> |
| <office:meta>                                                        |
|   <meta:generator>OpenOffice.org                                     |
| /2.0$Win32 OpenOffice.org_project/680m1$Build-8990</meta:generator>  |
|   <meta:initial-creator>Creator Name</meta:initial-creator>          |
|   <meta:creation-date>2006-03-27T19:17:57</meta:creation-date>       |
|   <dc:creator>Creator Name</dc:creator>                              |
|   <dc:date>2006-03-27T20:58:06</dc:date>                             |
|   <dc:language>en-US</dc:language>                                   |
|   <meta:editing-cycles>2</meta:editing-cycles>                       |
|   <meta:editing-duration>PT1H40M37S</meta:editing-duration>          |
|   <meta:user-defined meta:name="Info 1" />                           |
|   <meta:user-defined meta:name="Info 2" />                           |
|   <meta:user-defined meta:name="Info 3" />                           |
|   <meta:user-defined meta:name="Info 4" />                           |
|   <meta:document-statistic meta:table-count="0" meta:                |
| image-count="0" meta:object-count="0" meta:page-count="2" meta:parag |
| raph-count="6" meta:word-count="567" meta:character-count="3550" />  |
|   </office:meta>                                                     |
|   </office:document-meta>                                            |
| ```                                                                  |
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-   **settings.xml** contains further information about the settings for
    this document.

**settings.xml Example**

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| ``` xml                                                              |
|   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>                            |
| - <office:document-settings xmlns:office="urn:oasis:names:tc:o       |
| pendocument:xmlns:office:1.0" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xl |
| ink" xmlns:config="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:config:1.0" |
|  xmlns:ooo="http://openoffice.org/2004/office" office:version="1.0"> |
| - <office:settings>                                                  |
| - <config:config-item-set config:name="ooo:view-settings">           |
|   <config:config-item c                                              |
| onfig:name="ViewAreaTop" config:type="int">635</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item                                                |
| config:name="ViewAreaLeft" config:type="int">0</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item confi                                          |
| g:name="ViewAreaWidth" config:type="int">25852</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config                                         |
| :name="ViewAreaHeight" config:type="int">14818</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="                                  |
| ShowRedlineChanges" config:type="boolean">true</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:n                                       |
| ame="InBrowseMode" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
| - <config:config-item-map-indexed config:name="Views">               |
| - <config:config-item-map-entry>                                     |
|   <config:config-item c                                              |
| onfig:name="ViewId" config:type="string">view2</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item                                                |
| config:name="ViewLeft" config:type="int">17549</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-ite                                                 |
| m config:name="ViewTop" config:type="int">4949</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item                                                |
|  config:name="VisibleLeft" config:type="int">0</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item                                                |
| config:name="VisibleTop" config:type="int">635</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item conf                                           |
| ig:name="VisibleRight" config:type="int">25850</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item confi                                          |
| g:name="VisibleBottom" config:type="int">15452</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-ite                                                 |
| m config:name="ZoomType" config:type="short">0</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item co                                             |
| nfig:name="ZoomFactor" config:type="short">100</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name                                    |
| ="IsSelectedFrame" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   </config:config-item-map-entry>                                    |
|   </config:config-item-map-indexed>                                  |
|   </config:config-item-set>                                          |
| - <config:config-item-set config:name="ooo:configuration-settings">  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="A                                 |
| ddParaTableSpacing" config:type="boolean">true</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:na                                      |
| me="PrintReversed" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="OutlineLev                        |
| elYieldsNumbering" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item conf                                           |
| ig:name="LinkUpdateMode" config:type="short">1</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="IgnoreFirstLine                   |
| IndentInNumbering" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="C                                 |
| haracterCompressionType" config:type="short">0</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name                                    |
| ="PrintSingleJobs" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="U                                 |
| pdateFromTemplate" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="Pr                                |
| intPaperFromSetup" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name                                    |
| ="AddFrameOffsets" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:na                                      |
| me="PrintLeftPages" config:type="boolean">true</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-it                                                  |
| em config:name="RedlineProtectionKey" config:type="base64Binary" />  |
|   <config:config-item config                                         |
| :name="PrintTables" config:type="boolean">true</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:nam                                     |
| e="ChartAutoUpdate" config:type="boolean">true</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:n                                       |
| ame="PrintControls" config:type="boolean">true</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:c                                                          |
| onfig-item config:name="PrinterSetup" config:type="base64Binary" />  |
|   <config:config-item config:na                                      |
| me="PrintAnnotationMode" config:type="short">0</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:n                                       |
| ame="LoadReadonly" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="AddParaS                          |
| pacingToTableCells" config:type="boolean">true</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="                                  |
| AddExternalLeading" config:type="boolean">true</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:n                                       |
| ame="ApplyUserData" config:type="boolean">true</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:nam                                     |
| e="FieldAutoUpdate" config:type="boolean">true</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="S                                 |
| aveVersionOnClose" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="SaveGl                            |
| obalDocumentLinks" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="IsKer                             |
| nAsianPunctuation" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="Al                                |
| ignTabStopPosition" config:type="boolean">true</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-i                                                   |
| tem config:name="CurrentDatabaseDataSource" config:type="string" />  |
|   <c                                                                 |
| onfig:config-item config:name="PrinterName" config:type="string" />  |
|   <co                                                                |
| nfig:config-item config:name="PrintFaxName" config:type="string" />  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="Conside                           |
| rTextWrapOnObjPos" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:nam                                     |
| e="PrintRightPages" config:type="boolean">true</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name                                    |
| ="IsLabelDocument" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="Use                               |
| FormerLineSpacing" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="AddParaT                          |
| ableSpacingAtStart" config:type="boolean">true</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="UseF                              |
| ormerTextWrapping" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="DoNotResetPa                      |
| raAttrsForNumFont" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:na                                      |
| me="PrintProspect" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:n                                       |
| ame="PrintGraphics" config:type="boolean">true</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="A                                 |
| llowPrintJobCancel" config:type="boolean">true</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="C                                 |
| urrentDatabaseCommandType" config:type="int">0</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="DoNotJustifyLin                   |
| esWithManualBreak" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="UseFormer                         |
| ObjectPositioning" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="PrinterIndepende                  |
| ntLayout" config:type="string">high-resolution</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name                                    |
| ="UseOldNumbering" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name="P                                 |
| rintPageBackground" config:type="boolean">true</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:confi                                                      |
| g-item config:name="CurrentDatabaseCommand" config:type="string" />  |
|   <config:config-item config:n                                       |
| ame="PrintDrawings" config:type="boolean">true</config:config-item>  |
|   <config:config-item config:name                                    |
| ="PrintBlackFonts" config:type="boolean">false</config:config-item>  |
|   </config:config-item-set>                                          |
|   </office:settings>                                                 |
|   </office:document-settings>                                        |
| ```                                                                  |
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-   **styles.xml** contains the styles applied to the document that can
    be seen in the Styles and Formatting window.

**styles.xml Example**

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| ``` xml                                                              |
|                                                                      |
| <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>                              |
|  <office:document-styles xmlns:of                                    |
| fice="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:office:1.0" xmlns:style= |
| "urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:style:1.0" xmlns:text="urn:oa |
| sis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:text:1.0" xmlns:table="urn:oasis:nam |
| es:tc:opendocument:xmlns:table:1.0" xmlns:draw="urn:oasis:names:tc:o |
| pendocument:xmlns:drawing:1.0" xmlns:fo="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocu |
| ment:xmlns:xsl-fo-compatible:1.0" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/199 |
| 9/xlink" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:meta="urn |
| :oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:meta:1.0" xmlns:number="urn:oasis |
| :names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:datastyle:1.0" xmlns:svg="urn:oasis:nam |
| es:tc:opendocument:xmlns:svg-compatible:1.0" xmlns:chart="urn:oasis: |
| names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:chart:1.0" xmlns:dr3d="urn:oasis:names:t |
| c:opendocument:xmlns:dr3d:1.0" xmlns:math="http://www.w3.org/1998/Ma |
| th/MathML" xmlns:form="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:form:1. |
| 0" xmlns:script="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:script:1.0" x |
| mlns:ooo="http://openoffice.org/2004/office" xmlns:ooow="http://open |
| office.org/2004/writer" xmlns:oooc="http://openoffice.org/2004/calc" |
|  xmlns:dom="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events" office:version="1.0"> |
| - <office:font-face-decls>                                           |
|   <style:font-face style:name="Tahoma1" svg:font-family="Tahoma" />  |
|   <style:font-face style:name="Arial Unicode MS"                     |
| svg:font-family="'Arial Unicode MS'" style:font-pitch="variable" />  |
|   <style:font-face style:na                                          |
| me="Tahoma" svg:font-family="Tahoma" style:font-pitch="variable" />  |
|   <style:font                                                        |
| -face style:name="Times New Roman" svg:font-family="'Times New Roman |
| '" style:font-family-generic="roman" style:font-pitch="variable" />  |
|   <style:font-face style:name="Arial" svg:font-family="Aria          |
| l" style:font-family-generic="swiss" style:font-pitch="variable" />  |
|   </office:font-face-decls>                                          |
| - <office:styles>                                                    |
| - <style:default-style style:family="graphic">                       |
|   <style:graphic-properties                                          |
| draw:shadow-offset-x="0.1181in" draw:shadow-offset-y="0.1181in" draw |
| :start-line-spacing-horizontal="0.1114in" draw:start-line-spacing-ve |
| rtical="0.1114in" draw:end-line-spacing-horizontal="0.1114in" draw:e |
| nd-line-spacing-vertical="0.1114in" style:flow-with-text="false" />  |
| - <style:paragraph-properties                                        |
| style:text-autospace="ideograph-alpha" style:line-break="strict" sty |
| le:writing-mode="lr-tb" style:font-independent-line-spacing="false"> |
|   <style:tab-stops />                                                |
|   </style:paragraph-properties>                                      |
|   <style:text-prop                                                   |
| erties style:use-window-font-color="true" fo:font-size="12pt" fo:lan |
| guage="en" fo:country="US" style:font-size-asian="12pt" style:langua |
| ge-asian="none" style:country-asian="none" style:font-size-complex=" |
| 12pt" style:language-complex="none" style:country-complex="none" />  |
|   </style:default-style>                                             |
| - <style:default-style style:family="paragraph">                     |
|   <style:paragraph-properti                                          |
| es fo:hyphenation-ladder-count="no-limit" style:text-autospace="ideo |
| graph-alpha" style:punctuation-wrap="hanging" style:line-break="stri |
| ct" style:tab-stop-distance="0.4925in" style:writing-mode="page" />  |
|   <style:text-p                                                      |
| roperties style:use-window-font-color="true" style:font-name="Times  |
| New Roman" fo:font-size="12pt" fo:language="en" fo:country="US" styl |
| e:font-name-asian="Arial Unicode MS" style:font-size-asian="12pt" st |
| yle:language-asian="none" style:country-asian="none" style:font-name |
| -complex="Tahoma" style:font-size-complex="12pt" style:language-comp |
| lex="none" style:country-complex="none" fo:hyphenate="false" fo:hyph |
| enation-remain-char-count="2" fo:hyphenation-push-char-count="2" />  |
|   </style:default-style>                                             |
| - <style:default-style style:family="table">                         |
|   <style:table-properties table:border-model="collapsing" />         |
|   </style:default-style>                                             |
| - <style:default-style style:family="table-row">                     |
|   <style:table-row-properties fo:keep-together="auto" />             |
|   </style:default-style>                                             |
|   <style:style s                                                     |
| tyle:name="Standard" style:family="paragraph" style:class="text" />  |
| - <style:style                                                       |
| style:name="Text_20_body" style:display-name="Text body" style:famil |
| y="paragraph" style:parent-style-name="Standard" style:class="text"> |
|   <style:para                                                        |
| graph-properties fo:margin-top="0in" fo:margin-bottom="0.0835in" />  |
|   </style:style>                                                     |
| - <style:style s                                                     |
| tyle:name="Heading" style:family="paragraph" style:parent-style-name |
| ="Standard" style:next-style-name="Text_20_body" style:class="text"> |
|   <style:paragraph-properties fo:margin-top="                        |
| 0.1665in" fo:margin-bottom="0.0835in" fo:keep-with-next="always" />  |
|                                                                      |
| <style:text-properties style:font-name="Arial" fo:font-size="14pt" s |
| tyle:font-name-asian="Arial Unicode MS" style:font-size-asian="14pt" |
|  style:font-name-complex="Tahoma" style:font-size-complex="14pt" />  |
|   </style:style>                                                     |
| - <style:style style:name="List" style:family="p                     |
| aragraph" style:parent-style-name="Text_20_body" style:class="list"> |
|   <style:text-properties style:font-name-complex="Tahoma1" />        |
|   </style:style>                                                     |
| - <style:style style:name="Caption" style:family                     |
| ="paragraph" style:parent-style-name="Standard" style:class="extra"> |
|   <style:paragraph-properties fo:margin-top="0.0835in" fo:margin-    |
| bottom="0.0835in" text:number-lines="false" text:line-number="0" />  |
|   <style:text-properties fo                                          |
| :font-size="12pt" fo:font-style="italic" style:font-size-asian="12pt |
| " style:font-style-asian="italic" style:font-name-complex="Tahoma1"  |
| style:font-size-complex="12pt" style:font-style-complex="italic" />  |
|   </style:style>                                                     |
| - <style:style style:name="Index" style:family                       |
| ="paragraph" style:parent-style-name="Standard" style:class="index"> |
|   <style:par                                                         |
| agraph-properties text:number-lines="false" text:line-number="0" />  |
|   <style:text-properties style:font-name-complex="Tahoma1" />        |
|   </style:style>                                                     |
| - <text:outline-style>                                               |
| - <text:outline-level-style text:level="1" style:num-format="">      |
|   <style:list-level-properties text:min-label-distance="0.15in" />   |
|   </text:outline-level-style>                                        |
| - <text:outline-level-style text:level="2" style:num-format="">      |
|   <style:list-level-properties text:min-label-distance="0.15in" />   |
|   </text:outline-level-style>                                        |
| - <text:outline-level-style text:level="3" style:num-format="">      |
|   <style:list-level-properties text:min-label-distance="0.15in" />   |
|   </text:outline-level-style>                                        |
| - <text:outline-level-style text:level="4" style:num-format="">      |
|   <style:list-level-properties text:min-label-distance="0.15in" />   |
|   </text:outline-level-style>                                        |
| - <text:outline-level-style text:level="5" style:num-format="">      |
|   <style:list-level-properties text:min-label-distance="0.15in" />   |
|   </text:outline-level-style>                                        |
| - <text:outline-level-style text:level="6" style:num-format="">      |
|   <style:list-level-properties text:min-label-distance="0.15in" />   |
|   </text:outline-level-style>                                        |
| - <text:outline-level-style text:level="7" style:num-format="">      |
|   <style:list-level-properties text:min-label-distance="0.15in" />   |
|   </text:outline-level-style>                                        |
| - <text:outline-level-style text:level="8" style:num-format="">      |
|   <style:list-level-properties text:min-label-distance="0.15in" />   |
|   </text:outline-level-style>                                        |
| - <text:outline-level-style text:level="9" style:num-format="">      |
|   <style:list-level-properties text:min-label-distance="0.15in" />   |
|   </text:outline-level-style>                                        |
| - <text:outline-level-style text:level="10" style:num-format="">     |
|   <style:list-level-properties text:min-label-distance="0.15in" />   |
|   </text:outline-level-style>                                        |
|   </text:outline-style>                                              |
|   <text:notes-configuration te                                       |
| xt:note-class="footnote" style:num-format="1" text:start-value="0" t |
| ext:footnotes-position="page" text:start-numbering-at="document" />  |
|   <text:notes-configuration tex                                      |
| t:note-class="endnote" style:num-format="i" text:start-value="0" />  |
|   <text:linenumberin                                                 |
| g-configuration text:number-lines="false" text:offset="0.1965in" sty |
| le:num-format="1" text:number-position="left" text:increment="5" />  |
|   </office:styles>                                                   |
| - <office:automatic-styles>                                          |
| - <style:page-layout style:name="pm1">                               |
| - <style:page-layout-prop                                            |
| erties fo:page-width="8.5in" fo:page-height="11in" style:num-format= |
| "1" style:print-orientation="portrait" fo:margin-top="0.7874in" fo:m |
| argin-bottom="0.7874in" fo:margin-left="0.7874in" fo:margin-right="0 |
| .7874in" style:writing-mode="lr-tb" style:footnote-max-height="0in"> |
|   <style:footnote-sep style:width="0.0071in" style:di                |
| stance-before-sep="0.0398in" style:distance-after-sep="0.0398in" sty |
| le:adjustment="left" style:rel-width="25%" style:color="#000000" />  |
|   </style:page-layout-properties>                                    |
|   <style:header-style />                                             |
|   <style:footer-style />                                             |
|   </style:page-layout>                                               |
|   </office:automatic-styles>                                         |
| - <office:master-styles>                                             |
|   <styl                                                              |
| e:master-page style:name="Standard" style:page-layout-name="pm1" />  |
|   </office:master-styles>                                            |
|   </office:document-styles>                                          |
| ```                                                                  |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                      |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+

-   **manifest.xml** in the meta-inf directory describes the structure
    of the XML file.

**manifest.xml Example**

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``` xml                                                                  |
| <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>                                   |
| <!DOCTYPE manifest:manifest                                              |
|     PUBLIC "-//OpenOffice.org//DTD Manifest 1.0//EN" "Manifest.dtd">     |
| <manifest:manifest                                                       |
|     xmlns:manifest="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:manifest:1.0"> |
|  <manifest:file-entry                                                    |
|     manifest:media-type="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text"        |
|     manifest:full-path="/"/>                                             |
|  <manifest:file-entry                                                    |
|     manifest:media-type="application/vnd.sun.xml.ui.configuration"       |
|     manifest:full-path="Configurations2/"/>                              |
|  <manifest:file-entry                                                    |
|     manifest:media-type="" manifest:full-path="Pictures/"/>              |
|  <manifest:file-entry                                                    |
|     manifest:media-type="text/xml" manifest:full-path="content.xml"/>    |
|  <manifest:file-entry                                                    |
|     manifest:media-type="text/xml" manifest:full-path="styles.xml"/>     |
|  <manifest:file-entry                                                    |
|     manifest:media-type="text/xml" manifest:full-path="meta.xml"/>       |
|  <manifest:file-entry                                                    |
|     manifest:media-type=""                                               |
|     manifest:full-path="Thumbnails/thumbnail.png"/>                      |
|  <manifest:file-entry                                                    |
|     manifest:media-type="" manifest:full-path="Thumbnails/"/>            |
|  <manifest:file-entry                                                    |
|     manifest:media-type="text/xml" manifest:full-path="settings.xml"/>   |
| </manifest:manifest>                                                     |
| ```                                                                      |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                          |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+

-   Other files and folders may be included in the archive if necessary.

The schema for the OpenDocument formats may be found at
<http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/12572/OpenDocument-v1.0-os.pdf>
(caution: 706 pages).

## Open Office Capabilites

OpenOffice contains WRITER which is OpenOffice.org's word processor.
CALC is a powerful spreadsheet that has all the tools needed to
calculate, analyze, summarize, and present data. IMPRESS is a fast and
powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations. DRAW will
produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations and
special effects. New to Version 2, BASE enables you to manipulate
database data seamlessly within OpenOffice.org. It allows the creation
and modification of tables, forms, queries, and reports.

Download at <http://download.openoffice.org/>

## The Future of OpenDocument

Government and business leaders alike are beginning to realize the
importance of open source document formats and to act upon this
realization. In July 2005, Norway\'s Minister of Modernization, Morton
A. Meyer, presented a plan for information technology in Norway called
"eNorge---the digital leap," in which open standards and open source are
addressed. Meyer\'s objectives for open standards and open source are as
follows:

-   Within 2009 all new ICT- and information systems in the public
    sector shall use open standards.
-   Within 2006 a set of management/administrative standards for data
    and document exchange should be established.
-   Within 2006 all operations in the public sector should have
    introduced plans for how they will use open standards, service
    oriented architecture and open source.
-   Within 2008 all data and document exchange in the public sector
    shall satisfy the management/administrative standards.
-   Within 2008 all public forms shall be built on a common interface.

Also, Meyer said "Proprietary formats will no longer be acceptable in
communication between citizens and government."

In the US, IBM\'s Vice President of Standards and Open Source, Bob
Sutor, made the following recommendations to users in his blog as part
of an "Open Document Commitment to Action":

-   Insist today that the provider of your office applications (word
    processor, spreadsheet, presentation software) is committed to
    support the OASIS OpenDocument Format for Office Applications
    standard in their products by January 1, 2007.
-   Insist today that the office applications you deploy allow users to
    easily set the OASIS OpenDocument standard as the default \"save\"
    format for your documents. That is, you should not have to go to a
    lot of trouble to avoid using proprietary formats.
-   Get a commitment from your office applications provider to join and
    contribute to the OASIS OpenDocument standard technical committee.
-   Ask your CIO when you will be able to use office applications that
    support the OASIS OpenDocument standard.
-   Ask your local and federal governments when they will be supporting
    the OASIS OpenDocument standard.
-   Insist that any XML document format you use is not encumbered by
    proprietary extensions, and that the format is freely available for
    anyone to implement without restrictions, including open source
    communities that use a GPL license. Ensure that if implementers must
    accept a license covering the format, the license is clear and
    unambiguous on these important issues.
-   **\"They are your documents: you should be able to do whatever you
    want with them, whenever you want, with whatever application you
    wish to use\"**

The implications are clear. The computing world is moving toward open
source software and file types for information exchange, especially in
business and government, and OpenOffice.org, with its XML-based format,
stands to be at the front of the pack.

## Additional Links

<http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=office>

<http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/index.jsp>

<http://www.koffice.org/>

## Works Cited

"Norwegian Minister says that all public sectors need to make a plan for
the use of Open Source by 2005." Europa---IDABC. July 6, 2005.
<http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/4403/469>.

Bob Sutor. "Open standards, open source, open minds, open
opportunities." IBM developerWorks. October 11, 2005.
<http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw_blog_comments.jspa?blog=384&entry=97126>.

"XML File Formats." Help documentation, Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
OpenOffice.org version 2.0, 2000-2005.

