Standards Development

Scope

This standard specifies the characteristics of an XML-based application-independent and platform-independent digital document file format, as well as the characteristics of software applications which read, write and process such documents. This standard is applicable to document authoring, editing, viewing, exchange and archiving, including text documents, spreadsheets, presentation graphics, drawings, charts and similar documents commonly used by personal productivity software applications.

The ISO/IEC edition of this standard has three parts.

Part 1 is not included in this edition.

Part 2 defines the package format language for OpenDocument documents. It also acknowledges the participation of all who made the standard as a whole possible.

Part 3 defines the XML schema for OpenDocument documents.

Part 4 defines the formula language for OpenDocument documents.

This standard, for illustrative purposes, describes functionality using terminology common in desktop computing environments that contain a display terminal, keyboard and mouse, attached to a computer hosting an operating system with a graphical user interface which includes user interface controls such as input controls, command buttons, selection boxes, etc.

However, this standard is not limited to such environments. The standard also supports the use of alternative computing environments, other form factors, non-GUI consumers and producers, and the use of assistive technologies, using analogous user interface operations.