OpenOffice.org XML is an

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XML Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing data. It defines a set of rules for encoding electronic document, documents in a format that is both human-readable and Machine-r ...

-based

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developed as an open community effort by

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in 2000–2002. The open-source software application suite

OpenOffice.org OpenOffice.org (OOo), commonly known as OpenOffice, is a discontinued open-source office suite. Active successor projects include LibreOffice (the most actively developed) and Collabora Online, with Apache OpenOffice being considered mostly d ...

1.x and

StarOffice StarOffice is a discontinued proprietary software, proprietary office suite. Its source code continues today in derived open-source office suites Collabora Online and LibreOffice. StarOffice supported the OpenOffice.org XML file format, as well ...

6 and 7 used the format as their native and default file format for saving files. The OpenOffice.org XML format is no longer widely used, but it is still supported in recent versions of OpenOffice.org-descended software.

OpenDocument The Open Document Format for Office Applications (ODF), also known as OpenDocument, standardized as ISO 26300, is an open file format for word processor, word processing documents, spreadsheets, Presentation program, presentations and ...

( ISO/IEC 26300:2006) is based on OpenOffice.org XML and these formats are very similar in many technical areas. However, OpenDocument is not the same as the older OpenOffice.org XML format and these formats are not directly compatible. In 2005, OpenOffice.org (since version 2.0) and StarOffice (since version 8) switched to OpenDocument as their native and default format.

History

StarOffice developers adopted XML to replace the old binary StarOffice file format. The draft version was also known as StarOffice XML File Format. The stated goal in the draft was:

File formats

The format uses

files to describe the documents. To minimize space, the files are compressed into an archive and given a suffix depending on what sort of data is contained in them.

Implementations

* Abiword (SXW) *

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* EditGrid Viewer (SXC) *

Gnumeric Gnumeric is a spreadsheet program that is part of the GNOME Free Software Desktop Project. Gnumeric version 1.0 was released on 31 December 2001. Gnumeric is distributed as free software under the GNU General Public License; it is intended to ...

(SXC) *

Google Docs Google Docs is an online word processor and part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite offered by Google. Google Docs is accessible via a web browser as a web-based application and is also available as a mobile app on Android and iO ...

(SXW, import only) * KOffice (SXW, SXC, SXI) *

LibreOffice LibreOffice () is a free and open-source office productivity software suite developed by The Document Foundation (TDF). It was created in 2010 as a fork of OpenOffice.org, itself a successor to StarOffice. The suite includes applications ...

(as of 4.3, import only) * OpenOffice.org * StarOffice/Oracle Open Office *

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2006 **

TextMaker TextMaker is a word processor, which aims at utmost computer compatibility, compatibility with Microsoft Word, its default document format is .docx. It is sold as part of the SoftMaker Office, SoftMaker office suite. Some reduced versions of Te ...

2006 (SXW, import only) ** TextMaker Viewer (SXW, view only) * Visioo-Writer (limited support) * Zoho Office (SXW, SXC, SXI - view/edit/convert files) **Zoho Viewer (SXW, SXC, SXI - view/convert files) **Zoho QuickRead - a Firefox/Internet Explorer plug-in for online Viewer

References

External links

OpenOffice.org XML File Format
— File Format Specification and General Information
Thinking XML: The open office file format
- IBM technical library (January 1, 2003) {{OpenOffice Document-centric XML-based standards Office document file formats Open formats OpenOffice XML markup languages

History

File formats

Implementations

See also

References

External links