Re: load/save in XML Open Document format

[David Bateman]

Horst Salzwedel wrote:
> A student of mine is extending load/save of Octave using the XML based
> Open Document Format of spreadsheets in Open Office.
>
> If he has time he will also do it for Excel. (Alternatively OpenOffice
> could
> save/load it into/from Execl format)
>
> Do you know any work which has been done in this?
>
> Is there a wider interest in this?
>
> Thanks,
> Horst
>
>
Before you embark on this please read carefully the threads on XML on
the maintainers list in 2006. You can search the list easily at

http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.octave.maintainers

in particular, you should read the message from Andy

http://www.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/octave-maintainers/2006-June/000315.html

and this

http://www.cae.wisc.edu/pipermail/octave-maintainers/2006-June/000270.html

thread. You should also look at Alois' summary of the current XML
situation in Octave at

http://wiki.octave.org/wiki.pl?XML-tools-for-Octave

Then when you are ready to do something, discuss it during the
implementation phase on this list as in that way you'll have a better
chance of getting the code accepted...

Regards
David

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