Uniform Office Format
{{short description|Open standard for office applications}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox file format
| name = Uniform Office Format
| icon = Image:X-office-document.svg
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| extension = .uof, .uot, .uos, .uop
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| released = {{Start date and age|2007|04|30}}
| latest release version = 2.0
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2011}}
| genre = Document file format
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| open = Yes
| standard = GB/T20916-2007
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Uniform Office Format (UOF; {{zh|s=标文通}}, {{lit}} "standard text general"), sometimes known as Unified Office Format, is an open standard for office applications developed in China.{{Cite web| title= Microsofts Office Open XML: Heftiger Gegenwind aus China|url= http://www.golem.de/0708/54166.html| language = de |access-date= 21 November 2012| publisher= Golem | location = DE | date =16 August 2007| first = Jens| last=Ihlenfeld}} It includes word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet modules, and is made up of GUI, API, and format specifications. The document format described uses XML contained in a compressed file container, similar to OpenDocument and Office Open XML.
The working group that produced the standard was founded in January 2002, and the first draft of the specification was produced in December 2005.
Application support
=Office suites=
A number of applications list support for the Uniform Office Format; listed alphabetically they include:
- EIOffice 2009 is said to be based on UOF.{{Cite web|first=Andy|last = Updegrove |url=http://consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20080721140512962|title=Don't Forget UOF: Here Comes EIOffice 2009 (Updated 2×) |date=21 July 2008|access-date=21 November 2012|publisher = Consortium Info]}} It uses binder files with file extension EIO (.eio). In the latest version 5.0.1272.101 it doesn't open or save files with extensions .uof, .uot, .uos or .uop. The documentation of EIOffice states it is possible to publish documents in "Unit Office Format (XML)"{{Citation|url=http://www.evermoresw.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=7&Itemid=169 |title=EIOffice documentation |publisher=Ever more SW }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
- OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice from version 3 can open and save files in "Unified Office Format" with file extensions .uof, .uot, .uos, .uop (text, spreadsheet, presentation){{Cite web|title=File formats OOo can open|url= http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/Getting_Started/File_formats | date = 17 July 2010 | access-date =21 November 2012|publisher=OpenOffice.org|work= Wiki}} (This also applies to version 3 of NeoOffice, a popular variant of OpenOffice for the Macintosh.).{{Cite web | first = Chris | last = Kanaracus | title = LibreOffice Releases 'enterprise-ready' Version 3.4.2 | publisher = IDG News Service | work = PC World | url = https://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/237033/libreoffice_releases_enterpriseready_version_342.html | date = 1 August 2011 | access-date = 21 November 2012 | archive-date = 9 January 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120109013559/http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/237033/libreoffice_releases_enterpriseready_version_342.html | url-status = dead }}
- RedOffice 4.0, a Chinese OpenOffice.org variant, can open and save files with file extension .uof.{{Cite web|url= http://betanews.com/2007/05/21/microsoft-claims-it-s-format-agnostic-in-appeal-to-chinese-office-users/ |title=Microsoft Claims It's Format-Agnostic in Appeal to Chinese Office Users|access-date=2 December 2012 | first =Scott M.|last=Fulton|date=21 May 2007|publisher= Betanews}}
- WPS Office claims read and write support of UOF since 2009,{{cite web | url=http://www.wps.cn/news/shownews/id-217.htm | title=金山办公-支持多人在线协作编辑Word、Excel和PPT文档_WPS官方网站 | access-date=16 November 2014 | archive-date=1 November 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101063131/http://www.wps.cn/news/shownews/id-217.htm | url-status=dead }} including UOF 2.0.{{cite web | url=http://www.wps.cn/news/shownews/id-294.htm | title=金山办公-支持多人在线协作编辑Word、Excel和PPT文档_WPS官方网站 | access-date=16 November 2014 | archive-date=29 November 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129014430/http://www.wps.cn/news/shownews/id-294.htm | url-status=dead }}
=Filters and converters=
==ODF to UOF==
Software is available to convert from ODF to UOF and the other way round.{{Cite web |url=http://odf-to-uof.sourceforge.net/ |title= ODF-UOF Converter| first = Xie | last =Shuangbin|date=20 November 2006|publisher= SourceForge|access-date= 21 November 2012}} The software was developed between November 2005 and October 2006 by the Open Standard Lab of Peking University.{{Cite web|url = http://odf-to-uof.sourceforge.net/overview.html|title=ODF-UOF Converter Overview | first = Xie|last= Shuangbin|date=20 November 2006|publisher=SourceForge | access-date =21 November 2012}}
==OOXML to UOF==
Software is being developed at ACT (The Institute of Advanced Computing Technology) at Beihang University to convert from OOXML to UOF and vice versa.{{Cite web | url = http://uof-translator.sourceforge.net/ | title = UOF OpenXML Translator-uofooxml | publisher=SourceForge|access-date=21 November 2012}}
Possibility of merging UOF and ODF
At the "World Trade Organization IPRs Issues in Standardization" conference in Beijing (April 2007), convened by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, the China State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) and Sun Microsystems, Scott McNealy, the Chairman of Sun Microsystems called for a merger of OASIS/ISO's ODF and China's UOF.{{Cite web|url=http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070417025728436|title = Sun's McNealy Calls for Merger of OASIS/ISO's ODF and China's UOF|date = 17 April 2007}}
While both formats are open, there are significant technical challenges in achieving a merger, as the two formats have made different fundamental choices in how to describe documents.{{Cite web|title=Sun's McNealy Proposes Merging ODF with Chinese Counterpart|url=http://betanews.com/2007/04/18/sun-s-mcnealy-proposes-merging-odf-with-chinese-counterpart/|publisher=Betanews|first=Scott M.|last=Fulton|date=18 April 2007}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ip-watch.org/2007/04/24/open-source-standards-get-a-boost-in-china/?res=1024_ff&print=0|title=Open Source, Standards Get A Boost in China|first=William|last=New|publisher=Intellectual Property Watch|access-date=21 November 2012|date=24 April 2007}}
A comparison document between ODF and UOF is available from the ODF-UOF project on SourceForge.{{Cite web|url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/odf-to-uof/files/ODF-UOF%20v1.0/ODF-UOF-comparison/|title=Download ODF-UOF Converter Comparison|format=zipped .doc|publisher=Sourceforge|access-date=21 November 2012|date=23 November 2006}}
UOF 2.0
UOF 2.0 was released in 2011, with support from WPS Office.{{cite web|url=http://tech.sina.com.cn/s/2011-01-25/01201641231.shtml|title=应用解读 金山WPS新版首家支持UOF2.0|trans-title=The new version of Kingsoft WPS supports UOF2.0|language=zh|date=25 January 2011|publisher=tech.sina.com.cn|access-date=16 November 2014|author=Jianghui Tian}}
References
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External links
- [http://gb688.cn/bzgk/gb/newGbInfo?hcno=C3C85F8E2E384424E49A0D3A35B47F85 GB/T 20916-2007 中文办公软件文档格式规范] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528215656/http://gb688.cn/bzgk/gb/newGbInfo?hcno=C3C85F8E2E384424E49A0D3A35B47F85 |date=28 May 2018 }} (GB / T 20916-2007 Chinese office file format specification) updated 1 September 2009 (Simplified Chinese)
- {{Citation | publisher = Consortium info | format = World Wide Web log | url = http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=2006110806164573 | title = Standards | date = 8 November 2006 | contribution = Another Open Document Format – From China}}.
- {{Citation | publisher = Consortium info | format = World Wide Web log | url = http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20061122040402230 | title = Standards | date = 22 November 2006 | contribution = More on China's Uniform Office Format (and much more)}}.
- {{Citation | title = OOoCon | publisher = OpenOffice.org | url = http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2006/presentations/tuesday_g6bis.pdf | contribution = RedOffice/OpenOffice in China | year = 2006 | page = 35 | type = presentation | access-date = 8 November 2006 | archive-date = 28 September 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110928034548/http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2006/presentations/tuesday_g6bis.pdf | url-status = dead }}.
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