Uniform Office Format
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Uniform Office Format (UOF) is a Chinese developed open standard for 'office' applications. 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 ISO/IEC 26300:2006 OpenDocument and ECMA-376 Office Open XML (OOXML).
The working group that has produced the standard was founded in January 2002, and the first draft of the specification was produced in December 2005. The group producing the standard is open, with 'open-door' meetings, equitable voting by ballots, and the standard document is free.
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[edit] Converter
[edit] ODF to UOF
Software is available to convert from ODF to UOF and vice versa.[1] The software was developed between November 2005 and October 2006 by the Open Standard Lab of Peking University.[2]
[edit] OOXML to UOF
Software is being developed to convert from OOXML to UOF and vice versa.[3]
[edit] Possibility of merging UOF and ODF
At the "WTO 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.[4] 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.[5][6]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Another Open Document Format – From China
- More on China's Uniform Office Format (and much more)
- E-Government Standarization Status In China (presentation)
- Chinese Office Software Standards and Inter-operation of Office Software (presentation)
- Documents promulgated by the end of the Chinese National Standard (Chinese) – CESI is the China Electronic Standardization Institute
- "Superscript text links," the country is expected to become the standard file format rules (Chinese) – CESI is the China Electronic Standardization Institute
- RedOffice/OpenOffice in China (slide 35)
- UOF and ODF comparison. Which should we choose? – Open Malaysia site, details some of the history and context of UOF
