Re: ODF 1.2 and SVG

Hi, Andreas-

Thanks so much for pointing this out.  I'm on it.  I'm reviewing ODF 1.2 
for SVG and Drawing content, and sending a liaison email to their list.

Regards-
-Doug

Andreas Neumann wrote (on 2/25/09 4:56 PM):
> Hi,
>
> The Oasis people are discussing new features in ODF "Next". ODF 1.1 and
> 1.2 already have certain subsets of SVG in its file format (see
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.1/OS/OpenDocument-v1.1.pdf) - grep
> for SVG (mainly in attributes not in elements ;-() ODF also uses the SVG
> path syntax and many other SVG attributes.
>
> I think that ODF Next should embrace more SVG features - to be honest I
> don't have a full knowledge which SVG features are already in ODF 1.1
> and 1.2 and which are still missing.
>
> There is a Call for Proposals
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200902/msg00007.html -
> I think it would be great if the SVG working group or SVG IG works with
> Oasis to improve the interoperability of SVG and ODF.
>
> Vector graphics was always a big problem in office suites - it really
> should be improved.
>
> Any volunteers?
>
> Andreas
>
>