ODF 1.2 Is Approved · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday October 1, 2011 @01:42PM from the boy-that-was-fast dept.

An anonymous reader writes with news that the Open Document Format 1.2 specification has finally been approved. "The most important improvement to ODF 1.2 is the newly built spreadsheet support. The old format was buggy and had a lot of legacy problems. Therefore the new spreadsheet module was written from scratch. 'A complete clean room implementation of the spreadsheet formula was built,' said [Michiel Leenaars, director of the Internet Society Netherlands]. ... Another important improvement in ODF 1.2 is the support for Resource Description Framework (RDF) metadata, a W3C standard model for data interchange on the Web. ... Instead of only being able to link to a URL, RDF allows users to link text in documents to other things like a V-Card or a calendar item. Companies can use this technology to structure their workflow."

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Well, that it then . . . by drsmack1 · 2011-10-01 14:06 · Score: -1, Troll

Now every company on earth should drop microsoft office and open office and adopt this superior product. Why? Well, don't think about that part too much.
Just use on desktop linux for best results, but first turn off your bitcoin client and your 3d printer.

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1. Re:Well, that it then . . . by drsmack1 · 2011-10-01 16:16 · Score: -1, Troll
  
  Wow, the ignorance of some people. Sigh... it had a "f" in it. Do I have to draw you a map?
  
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