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Apple Publishes Keynote XML Schema

Posted by pudge on from the because-computers-are-just-too-fast dept.

grouchomarxist writes "Apple has published a technote on the XML file format (APXL schema) used by their new presentation application Keynote. They've also created a mailing list for those interested in writing Keynote tools." I am so there.

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  1. Re:Adapt Axpoint to Keynote? by Lebannen · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Is there really much point?

    Axpoint takes a xml file and uses those values and a template to generate the pdf slideshow, no? Keynote natively has the xml format, so you can just skip the middle step. Get your database app/whatever you use to generate the xml file, and just get it to modify a Keynote file instead. Instant update.

    Converting xml to xml is a whole lot easier than xml to pdf... :)

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  2. The big picture by Aram+Fingal · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I wonder if Keynote is just the first of a new suite to replace AppleWorks and if XML will make possible what OpenDoc failed to do. That is, make a fully modular office suite where you can mix and match, say a word processor from one developer and a spreadsheed from another and still have them work together as if they were integrated.

    OmniOutliner already exports to Keynote via XML. That's a good sign.

  3. Re:Adapt Axpoint to Keynote? by renard · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Converting xml to xml is a whole lot easier than xml to pdf... :)

    Exactly the point - wouldn't it be nice to have an open-source tool that could do it for you?

    This way you could convert Keynote presentations to PDF, without needing to have a functional copy of Keynote around. Keynote exports to PDF (so they say) but it's not open-source, nor does it run (yet) on any environment other than OS X.

    -renard