Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Update on roundtrip: wordml to docbook

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Scott Hudson <>
Date
2007-10-08T13:20:10+00:00
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Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Update on roundtrip: wordml to docbook
Mathieu,

we are working on a Document Standards Interoperability Framework that 
includes roundtrips from DITA, DocBook and ODF (eventually MS Office 
Open XML).

Details are now available in a whitepaper at:
http://www.flatironssolutions.com/downloads/Interoperability_Framework.pdf

We are also looking to bring this to OASIS as a full TC, and are 
currently working on a charter for this effort.

Flatirons Solutions has developed a set of initial working transforms 
for this effort as well.

Best regards,

--Scott

Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> Anyone ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> On 10/1/07, Mathieu Malaterre <> wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>>   I posted a while back a couples of issues with roundtrip doing a
>> wordml to docbook conversion. Ref:
>>
>>   http://www.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-apps/200701/msg00244.html
>>
>>   Steve Ball mentioned he is working on the 'next gen' of roundtrip.
>> Is there any update on that work ? BTW is it going to move to XSLT 2.0
>> (simple curiosity) ?
>>
>>   As a side note is there anyone else trying to convert a 'human
>> written' document into a 'machine' readable document ? I have done
>> very little progress for extracting some info (mostly
>> <informaltable/>):
>>
>> from
>>
>>   http://gdcm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gdcm/Sandbox/07_03pu.xml
>>
>> into
>>
>> http://gdcm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/gdcm/trunk/Source/InformationObjectDefinition/ModuleAttributes.xml
>>
>>   Should I give up on docbook and switch to ODF (micro$oft has now a
>> full converter from doc to odf) ? Are there more tools digesting ODF
>> than docbook ?
>>
>> Thanks for comments,
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mathieu
>> Ref: original word document can be found here:
>>
>>   http://medical.nema.org/dicom/2007/07_03pu.doc
>>
> 
>