xml-dev - Re: Spreadsheet Markup Language?

[Matt Sergeant <matt@sergeant.org>]

On Tue, 9 May 2000, Bob Lyons wrote:

> Has anyone invented a Spreadsheet Markup Language (SSML)?
> I need such a language, and I don't want to develop it myself
> if it's already been done.

Both KOffice (part of the kde project: http://www.kde.org/) and gnumeric
(http://www.gnome.org) store thier files as XML (although I think both
transparently gzip the file - I know gnumeric does as I just tested it).

Here's a gnumeric file I just saved (had to rename it with a .gz suffix
and gunzip it):

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gmr:Workbook xmlns:gmr="http://www.gnome.org/gnumeric/v2">
  <gmr:Summary>
    <gmr:Item>
      <gmr:name>application</gmr:name>
      <gmr:val-string>gnumeric</gmr:val-string>
    </gmr:Item>
    <gmr:Item>
      <gmr:name>author</gmr:name>
      <gmr:val-string>Matt Sergeant</gmr:val-string>
    </gmr:Item>
  </gmr:Summary>
  <gmr:Geometry Width="912" Height="720"/>
  <gmr:Sheets>
    <gmr:Sheet>
      <gmr:Name>Sheet1</gmr:Name>
      <gmr:MaxCol>1</gmr:MaxCol>
      <gmr:MaxRow>2</gmr:MaxRow>
      <gmr:Zoom>1.000000</gmr:Zoom>
      <gmr:PrintInformation>
        <gmr:PrintUnit Points="28.346457" PrefUnit="cm">top</gmr:PrintUnit>
        <gmr:PrintUnit Points="28.346457" PrefUnit="cm">bottom</gmr:PrintUnit>
        <gmr:PrintUnit Points="28.346457" PrefUnit="cm">left</gmr:PrintUnit>
        <gmr:PrintUnit Points="28.346457" PrefUnit="cm">right</gmr:PrintUnit>
        <gmr:PrintUnit Points="14.1732285" PrefUnit="cm">header</gmr:PrintUnit>
        <gmr:PrintUnit Points="14.1732285" PrefUnit="cm">footer</gmr:PrintUnit>
        <gmr:vcenter value="0"/>
        <gmr:hcenter value="0"/>
        <gmr:grid value="0"/>
        <gmr:monochrome value="0"/>
        <gmr:draft value="0"/>
        <gmr:titles value="0"/>
        <gmr:order>r_then_d</gmr:order>
        <gmr:orientation>portrait</gmr:orientation>
        <gmr:Header Left="" Middle="Sheet &amp;[PAGE]" Right=""/>
        <gmr:Footer Left="" Middle="Page &amp;[PAGE]" Right=""/>
        <gmr:paper>A4</gmr:paper>
      </gmr:PrintInformation>
      <gmr:Cols>
        <gmr:ColInfo No="0" Unit="62" MarginA="1" MarginB="1" HardSize="0"/>
        <gmr:ColInfo No="1" Unit="62" MarginA="1" MarginB="1" HardSize="0"/>
      </gmr:Cols>
      <gmr:Rows>
        <gmr:RowInfo No="0" Unit="15" MarginA="1" MarginB="1" HardSize="0"/>
        <gmr:RowInfo No="2" Unit="15" MarginA="1" MarginB="1" HardSize="0"/>
      </gmr:Rows>
      <gmr:Cells>
        <gmr:Cell Col="0" Row="0" Style="0">
          <gmr:Content>xcvxcv</gmr:Content>
        </gmr:Cell>
        <gmr:Cell Col="1" Row="0" Style="0">
          <gmr:Content>xcvxcv</gmr:Content>
        </gmr:Cell>
        <gmr:Cell Col="1" Row="2" Style="0">
          <gmr:Content>xcvxcv</gmr:Content>
        </gmr:Cell>
      </gmr:Cells>
    </gmr:Sheet>
  </gmr:Sheets>
  <gmr:UIData EditText="xcvxcv" SelectedTab="0"/>
</gmr:Workbook>


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