ODS Meta Data

Gannon Dick <[email protected]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:14:35 -0700 (PDT)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.openoffice.devel.xml
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The user-defined meta data in "properties" changed (much for the better) in=
 Open Office version 3.1.=A0 A couple of comments:=0A=0A1. Don't know if it=
 has been logged as an issue yet, but the "date" data type doesn't work pro=
perly.=A0 It error checks the date format, but if that is correct, it takes=
 the field off the list!=0A2. There is also a "time" datatype in the ODF sp=
ec., but not implemented.=0A3. There are 20 or so fields in a drop down box=
.=A0 If you want to use GRDDL* you'll have to a) take spaces out of the nam=
e and b) include a namespace with the dot notation:=A0 e.g. "Checked By" wo=
uld have to be typed in as "ODF.Checked_By", with a link to "schema.ODF".=
=0A=0A* there might be no reason for GRDDL.=A0 I've only tested it with spr=
ead sheets, but this transform should work for *.odt, etc.=A0 It's an expor=
t filter from (flat) ODF to RDF/XML.=A0 It uses the OASIS namespace as a de=
fault.=A0 (Warning: Don't modify it to work on the ODF file, just the meta.=
xml component plus two attributes from office:documents gives 295 triples! =
see: http://www.rustprivacy.org/odf/sstest.zip ).=0A=0AThe transform is :  =
http://www.rustprivacy.org/odf/ODSmeta2RDFXML.xsl=0A=0A(the name is case se=
nsitive, download it if you like and change the name)=0A=0A--Gannon=0A=0A=
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