Today, the ODF XML technology standard for document data is most closely
associated with office application suites that provide an alternative to
MS-Office. But ODF as an XML technology opens the gates for new programmatic
access to the document data held within. Previously, the value of document
data was by and large unrealized due to the closed nature of today’s
predominant office application suite. All this is about to change.
This presentation will illustrate how ODF XML, and related open programming
technologies can benefit new types of solutions that effectively re-define how
documents, and the data contained within may participate in the context of
business processes, their workflows and transactions. These new solutions may
be deployed directly on the Internet and accessed by multiple runtimes: industry
standard Web browsers, an Eclipse-based rich client platform runtime, or directly
from an ODF editor runtime such as OpenOffice, KOffice, Sun Star Office or IBM
Workplace. Users will be able to collaborate and interact with document data in
ways never before possible. Brief demonstrations will be included.
Doug Heintzman, prior to his current position as Director
of Strategy for Lotus Software, was Director of Strategy for IBM Software
Group encompassing all the five brands: Information Management, WebSphere,
Tivoli, Rational and Lotus. Doug led IBM's open source strategy development
and related topics and he has led IBM initiatives in eGovernment. In the world
of open standards, Doug was a key contributor to SynchML, where he teamed with
Nokia, Sun and other vendors contributing to the development of this standard.