As an open standard under the stewardship of OASIS, OpenDocument also creates the possibility for new types of applications and solutions to be developed other than traditional office productivity applications.įor more information, see the TC Charter and FAQ The file format makes transformations to other formats simple by leveraging and reusing existing standards wherever possible. The OpenDocument Format (ODF) is an open XML-based document file format for office applications to be used for documents containing text, spreadsheets, charts, and graphical elements. Interested parties are invited to join this new effort.

01 December 2010 The ODF TC has voted to create a new subcommittee to look at advanced document collaboration.

26 March 2011 The ODF TC has approved OpenDocument v1.2 as a Committee Specification.

22 September 2011 The ODF 1.2 Candidate OASIS Standard has been submitted for balloting to approve as an OASIS Standard.

29 September 2011 ODF 1.2 has been approved as an OASIS Standard.

11 January 2012 ODF 1.2 has been published.

19 June 2015 ODF 1.2 has been published as an ISO standard.

25 December 2019 ODF Version 1.3 is approved as an OASIS Committee Specification.

04 December 2020 ODF Version 1.3 is approved as Committee Specification 02.

12 February 2021 ODF Version 1.3 enters 60-day public review preceding call for consent as OASIS Standard.

16 June 2021 ODF Version 1.3 OASIS Standard is now published and available.

Technical Work Produced by the Committee.

Developing an XML-based file format specification for office applications

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