OpenOffice.org XML#File formats

{{About|the default file format used by OpenOffice.org 1|the default file format of later OpenOffice.org versions and an international standard|OpenDocument}}

OpenOffice.org XML is an open XML-based file format developed as an open community effort{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/ |title=Welcome to the OpenOffice.org Source Project (archived website) |author=OpenOffice.org Foundation |date=2000-07-19 |access-date=2010-08-08 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20000815055517/http://www.openoffice.org/ |archive-date = 2000-08-15}}{{cite web |url=http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/openofficefoundation.html#standards_process |title=The OpenOffice.org Project |author=OpenOffice.org Foundation |date=2000-08-10 |access-date=2010-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000823051154/http://www.openoffice.org/project/www/openofficefoundation.html#standards_process |archive-date=2000-08-23}}{{cite web |url=http://opendocument.xml.org/milestones |title=History of OpenDocument |date=2006-08-28 |access-date=2010-08-08}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://xml.openoffice.org/general.html |title=OpenOffice.org XML File Format |access-date=2010-03-27}}{{cite web |url=http://www.file-extensions.org/sxw-file-extension |title=file extension SXW - OpenOffice.org Writer document |access-date=2010-03-27}} 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.{{cite press release | title = Sun Introduces New Version of StarOffice Software | publisher = Sun Microsystems, Inc. | date = 2005-09-27 | url = http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-09/sunflash.20050927.1.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060405032904/http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-09/sunflash.20050927.1.xml |archive-date=5 April 2006 | access-date = 2006-04-05 }}{{cite press release | title = OpenOffice.org 2.0 Is Here | publisher = OpenOffice.org | date = 2005-10-20 | url = http://www.openoffice.org/press/2.0/press_release.html | access-date = 2007-09-20 }}

History

StarOffice developers adopted XML to replace the old binary StarOffice file format. The draft version was also known as StarOffice XML File Format.{{citation |url=http://xml.coverpages.org/openoffice-xml_specification_draft200012.pdf |title=StarOffice XML File Format Working Draft, Technical Reference Manual, Draft 9, December 2000 |date=December 2000 |access-date=2010-08-08}}

The stated goal in the draft was:

{{quotation|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.{{Cite web |title=Unravel the OpenOffice File Format |url=https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/xml-hacks/0596007116/ch04s08.html |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=O'Reilly Media |language=en}}

class="wikitable" ! File type !! OpenOffice.org/StarOffice component !! File (template) suffixes !! MIME
Text	Writer	sxw (stw)	application/vnd.sun.xml.writer application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.template{{cite web \|url=http://framework.openoffice.org/documentation/mimetypes/mimetypes.html \|title=Mime Content Types used in OpenOffice.org1.0 / StarOffice 4.x and later \|access-date=2010-06-05}}
Spreadsheet	Calc	sxc (stc)	application/vnd.sun.xml.calc application/vnd.sun.xml.calc.template
Graphics	Draw	sxd (std)	application/vnd.sun.xml.draw application/vnd.sun.xml.draw.template
Presentation	Impress	sxi (sti)	application/vnd.sun.xml.impress application/vnd.sun.xml.impress.template
Formula	Math	sxm	application/vnd.sun.xml.math
Master document	Writer	sxg	application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.global
HTML	Writer	HTML (stw)	text/html application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.web

Implementations

Abiword (SXW){{cite web |url=http://www.abisource.com/wiki/PluginMatrix |title=Abiword PluginMatrix |access-date=2010-03-27}}
Apache OpenOffice
EditGrid Viewer (SXC){{cite web |url=http://www.editgrid.com/viewer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061026182456/http://www.editgrid.com/viewer |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 26, 2006 |title=EditGrid Viewer |access-date=2010-03-27 }}
Gnumeric (SXC){{cite web |url=http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/doc/sect-file-open-formats.shtml |title=The file formats which Gnumeric can read |access-date=2010-03-27}}
Google Docs (SXW, import only)
KOffice (SXW, SXC, SXI)
LibreOffice (as of 4.3, import only)
OpenOffice.org
StarOffice/Oracle Open Office
SoftMaker Office 2006
TextMaker 2006 (SXW, import only){{cite web |url=http://www.softmakeroffice.com/ |title=SoftMaker Office 2006 for Windows |access-date=2010-03-27}}
TextMaker Viewer (SXW, view only){{cite web |url=http://www.officeviewers.com/ |title=TextMaker Viewer 2010 |access-date=2010-03-27}}
Visioo-Writer (limited support)
Zoho Office (SXW, SXC, SXI - view/edit/convert files){{cite web |url=http://sheet.zoho.com/features |title=Zoho Sheet Features |access-date=2010-03-27}}{{cite web |title=Zoho Writer - Frequently Asked Questions |url=http://writer.zoho.com/public/help/zohowriterfaq/fullpage |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130210000005/https://writer.zoho.com/public/help/zohowriterfaq/fullpage |archive-date=2013-02-10 |access-date=2010-03-27}}{{cite web |title=Zoho Show 2.0 - Frequently Asked Questions & Answers |url=http://show.zoho.com/help/faq/faq.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131008055609/http://web.archive.org/web/20071230105517/http://show.zoho.com/help/faq/faq.html |archive-date=2013-10-08 |access-date=2010-03-27}}
Zoho Viewer (SXW, SXC, SXI - view/convert files){{cite web |url=http://viewer.zoho.com/ |title=Zoho Viewer |access-date=2010-03-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100319174418/http://viewer.zoho.com/ |archive-date=2010-03-19 }}{{cite web |url=http://sheet.zoho.com/excelviewer |title=Zoho Sheet - Online Excel Viewer |access-date=2010-03-27}}
Zoho QuickRead - a Firefox/Internet Explorer plug-in for online Viewer{{cite web |title=Zoho QuickRead |url=https://pdfguru.com/merge-pdf |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729010421/https://writer.zoho.com/public/help/zohoquickread/fullpage |archive-date=2012-07-29 |access-date=2010-03-27}}

References

External links

[http://xml.openoffice.org/general.html OpenOffice.org XML File Format] — File Format Specification and General Information
[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think15/ Thinking XML: The open office file format] - IBM technical library (January 1, 2003)

Category:Document-centric XML-based standards

Category:Office document file formats

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