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OOXML expert: ODF standard is broken

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Alex Brown, a document-format expert who is convenor of the process to standardise Office Open XML (OOXML), posted a blog this week reporting the results of tests which he claims reveal that OpenOffice documents do not conform to the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO's) version of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) standard.

Speaking to ZDNet.co.uk this week, Brown, who reported similar problems between Microsoft Office 2007 documents and the OOXML standard, said the standardised version of ODF, known as ISO/IEC 26300:2006, "has a defect which prevents any document claiming validity from being actually valid. Consequently, there are no XML documents in existence which are valid to ISO ODF."

There is a critical flaw in the ODF schema defined by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (Oasis) and approved by ISO as ISO/IEC 26300:2006, according to Brown's blog, which means that no XML document can conform to the standard.

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Very Inaccurate

He doesn't know what he's doing. See this clarification. Additionally, Alex seems to be well in Microsoft's pocket.

Please note that Roy is a proven conspiracy theorist

with a paranoia and a tendency to insult people. Sowing the seeds of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt against major Linux distributions like openSUSE, Xandros, Linspire, his fellow Linuxers and also agains BSD.

Roy Schestowitz is running the worst slander/FUD-site ever; be aware of offending pictures and use of fecal language when visiting www.boycottnovell.com.

Roy personally insulted Jeff Waugh and his wife by accusing the of corruption. Jeff has tried to talk sense into the boy several times, but Roy just remains a mean little boy, living in a delusional world of space-aliens from planet Microsoft that have taken over everything, including Linux.

That means he also sees the GNOME Foundation (http://boycottnovell.com/2007/11/25/gnome-foundation-ooxml/) and BSD's own TdR (http://boycottnovell.com/2008/05/02/bsd-gpl-stallman-smear/) as Microsoft's henchmen! What do we need enemies when we have 'friends' like Roy Schestowitz?

Put shortly: he is a repulsive, mean little jerk! Well, cheers to your sanity, Roy, and good riddance!

Follow his discussions with Jeff Waugh and see for yourself:

If someone called Mr. 'eet' says something, it must be right

More lies from compulsive stalker eet.

What YOU ARE

is for everyone there to see. Ain't I doing you a favour by linking to your site, my boy?

Let the readers decide (and by this I mean a broader public, not the inbred community at boycottnovell.org).

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