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The OpenDocument format (ODF), an abbreviation for the OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications, is an open and free (excluding maintenance and support) [1] document file format for saving and exchanging editable office documents such as text documents (including memos, reports, and books), spreadsheets, databases, charts, and presentations. This standard was developed by the OASIS industry consortium, based upon the XML-based file format originally created by OpenOffice.org, and ODF was approved as an OASIS standard on May 1, 2005. It became an ISO standard, ISO/IEC 26300, on May 3, 2006.
The following tables list applications supporting OpenDocument 1.0 (ISO/IEC 26300:2006) and OpenDocument 1.1 (OASIS Standard). [2]
Besides word processors, other programs can and do support the OpenDocument text format. See the List of applications supporting OpenDocument for more.
Version | Operating systems | Office suite | Developer | License | ISO/IEC 26300:2006 | Notes | |
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Docvert | 4.0b1 | Client: any browser (open source or proprietary HTTP clients are compatible with GPLv3 web service interface). Server: Many. | Many | Matthew Holloway | GPLv3 | Yes | |
3BOpenDoc | 2.1 | Desktop: Any (Web-based) Server: Linux, Windows | Many | 3BView | Proprietary | Yes | Server based |
JODConverter | 4.0.0 | Windows, Linux, Unix-based systems, Mac OS X | N/A | http://www.jodconverter.org | Apache 2.0 | Yes | |
Collabora Online | 6.4 | Any modern browser. Or apps for Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, iOS, iPadOS, ChromeOS. Or it can be embedded as a daemon/service and scripted. | Many | Collabora | MPL2 | Yes | |
Version | Operating systems | Office suite | Developer | License | ISO/IEC 26300:2006 | Notes |
Root elements in ODF files take an office:version attribute, which indicates which version of OpenDocument Format specification it complies with. The version number is in the format revision.version. If the file has a version known to an XML processor, it may validate the document. Otherwise, it is optional to validate the document, but the document must be well formed. Informations from OpenDocument specification [4]
Following table contains list of ODF specification version attribute office:version="1.X" used in files exported from OpenDocument software.
Tested sample documents contained one simple sentence (text documents), 10 rows with numbers (sheets), 2 slides (presentation documents). Validation was tested in two different ODF validators. [5] [6]
Tested software version | ODF version attribute in exported file office:version="1.X" | File type | Validation of simple new document [5] [6] | Notes | |
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AbiWord | 2.6.4 | 1.0 | ODT | valid | |
Adobe Buzzword | beta 3, build 600113 | 1.0 | ODT | not valid | (errors in styles.xml and content.xml) |
EditGrid | 11/2008 | 1.0 | ODS | valid | |
Gnumeric | 1.9.3 | 1.0 | ODS | not valid | |
Google Docs & Spreadsheets | 11/2008 | 1.0 | ODT, ODS | valid - ODT, different results - ODS | |
IBM Lotus Symphony | 1.1.0 | 1.1 | ODT, ODS, ODP | valid | |
IBM Lotus Symphony | 3.0.0 FP2 | 1.2 | ODT, ODS, ODP | ||
Inkscape | 0.4.6 | 1.0 | ODG | not valid | |
KOffice | 1.6.3 | attribute is missing | ODT, ODS, ODP | valid - ODT, ODS, not valid - ODP | ODT, ODS - valid ODF 1.0 and 1.1 |
KOffice | 2.1.2 | 1.2 | ODT, ODS, ODP | ||
Microsoft Office | 2007 SP2 | 1.1 | ODT, ODS, ODP | different results - ODS, valid - ODT, ODP | |
Microsoft Office - SUN ODF Plugin | 1.2 | 1.1 | ODT, ODS, ODP | valid | |
Microsoft Office - SUN ODF Plugin | 3.1 | 1.2 | ODT, ODS, ODP | ||
Microsoft Office - OpenXML/ODF Translator Add-in | 2.0 | attribute is missing | ODT, ODS, ODP | different results - ODT, valid - ODS, not valid - ODP | ODF 1.1 implemented [7] |
NeoOffice | 2.2.5 | 1.0 | ODT | not valid - ODT | (error in styles.xml) |
OpenOffice.org | 2.0 - 2.3.0 | 1.0 | ODT, ODS, ODP | valid (tested 2.3.0) | |
OpenOffice.org | 2.3.1 - 2.4.2 | 1.1 | ODT, ODS, ODP | valid | |
OpenOffice.org | 3.0 | 1.1 and 1.2 | ODT, ODS, ODP | valid | adjustable ODF version |
StarOffice | 8.0 product update 10 | 1.1 | ODT, ODS, ODP | valid | |
RedOffice | 4.0 | 1.0 | ODT, ODS, ODP | valid | |
TextEdit | 1.5 (244) | 1.0 | ODT | different results in validators | (settings.xml is missing [5] ) |
TextMaker | 2008 rev.494 | 1.0 | ODT | not valid | (error in styles.xml) |
TextMaker | 2010 | 1.0 | ODT | Yes | |
WordPad | 6.1 (2009) | attribute is missing | ODT | different results in validators | (settings.xml is missing [5] - ODF 1.0/1.1 validation) |
Zoho Office Suite | 11/2008 | 1.0 | ODT, ODS, ODP | valid - ODT, ODS, not valid - ODP | |
Tested software version | ODF version attribute in exported file office:version="1.X" | File type | Validation of simple new document [5] [6] | Notes |
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