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OpenOffice.org XML
Open XML-based file format

OpenOffice.org XML is an open XML-based file format developed as an open community effort by Sun Microsystems in 2000–2002. The open-source software application suite OpenOffice.org 1.x and StarOffice 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 (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.

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History

StarOffice developers adopted XML to replace the old binary StarOffice file format. The draft version was also known as StarOffice XML File Format.8

The stated goal in the draft was:

Our goal is twofold: to have a complete specification encompassing all StarOffice components, and to provide an open standard for office documents.

File formats

The format uses XML 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.9

File typeOpenOffice.org/StarOffice componentFile (template) suffixesMIME
TextWritersxw (stw)application/vnd.sun.xml.writerapplication/vnd.sun.xml.writer.template10
SpreadsheetCalcsxc (stc)application/vnd.sun.xml.calcapplication/vnd.sun.xml.calc.template
GraphicsDrawsxd (std)application/vnd.sun.xml.drawapplication/vnd.sun.xml.draw.template
PresentationImpresssxi (sti)application/vnd.sun.xml.impressapplication/vnd.sun.xml.impress.template
FormulaMathsxmapplication/vnd.sun.xml.math
Master documentWritersxgapplication/vnd.sun.xml.writer.global
HTMLWriterHTML (stw)text/htmlapplication/vnd.sun.xml.writer.web

Implementations

See also: Comparison of word processors

See also: Comparison of spreadsheets

See also

References

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  8. StarOffice XML File Format Working Draft, Technical Reference Manual, Draft 9, December 2000 (PDF), December 2000, retrieved 2010-08-08 http://xml.coverpages.org/openoffice-xml_specification_draft200012.pdf ↩

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  10. "Mime Content Types used in OpenOffice.org1.0 / StarOffice 4.x and later". Retrieved 2010-06-05. http://framework.openoffice.org/documentation/mimetypes/mimetypes.html ↩

  11. "Abiword PluginMatrix". Retrieved 2010-03-27. http://www.abisource.com/wiki/PluginMatrix ↩

  12. "EditGrid Viewer". Archived from the original on October 26, 2006. Retrieved 2010-03-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20061026182456/http://www.editgrid.com/viewer ↩

  13. "The file formats which Gnumeric can read". Retrieved 2010-03-27. http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/doc/sect-file-open-formats.shtml ↩

  14. "SoftMaker Office 2006 for Windows". Retrieved 2010-03-27. http://www.softmakeroffice.com/ ↩

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  18. "Zoho Show 2.0 - Frequently Asked Questions & Answers". Archived from the original on 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2010-03-27. https://archive.today/20131008055609/http://web.archive.org/web/20071230105517/http://show.zoho.com/help/faq/faq.html ↩

  19. "Zoho Viewer". Archived from the original on 2010-03-19. Retrieved 2010-03-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20100319174418/http://viewer.zoho.com/ ↩

  20. "Zoho Sheet - Online Excel Viewer". Retrieved 2010-03-27. http://sheet.zoho.com/excelviewer ↩

  21. "Zoho QuickRead". Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2010-03-27. https://archive.today/20120729010421/https://writer.zoho.com/public/help/zohoquickread/fullpage ↩