The Apache ODF Toolkit 0.5 (incubating) release is now available for download. Detailed change notes are also posted. The ODF Toolkit is a Java library for reading, writing and creating ODF documents. It is entirely in Java and does not require … [Continue reading] about First release of the Apache ODF Toolkit
Shakespeare to Tim Tebow: Top Hourly Wikipedia Pages for 2011
I had grand plans. This was supposed to be a cool looking visualization. Over 2011 I downloaded nearly a terabyte of raw Wikipedia page access stats. And recently I had a python script running for 3 weeks around the clock crunching the data. … [Continue reading] about Shakespeare to Tim Tebow: Top Hourly Wikipedia Pages for 2011
ODF 1.2: Approved as an OASIS Standard
To quote the immortal words of Otis B. Driftwood, "Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor". The day has finally arrived. Open Document Format (ODF) 1.2 has been approved. … [Continue reading] about ODF 1.2: Approved as an OASIS Standard
An Invitation to the Apache ODF Toolkit
Perhaps overlooked in all the excitement generated by the move of OpenOffice.org to Apache was the fact that a parallel move is occurring with the ODF Toolkit. A few weeks ago we submitted a proposal to Apache to start a new project based on the … [Continue reading] about An Invitation to the Apache ODF Toolkit
ODF Plugfest, Berlin
I attended the 6th ODF Plugfest took place in Berlin a few weeks ago, hosted by the German Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) and the Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi). It followed the pattern of previous events, a two-day event, … [Continue reading] about ODF Plugfest, Berlin