Project Areas of Apache OpenOffice
This page lists some of the main project areas of Apache OpenOffice categorized by function. Please see the
Get Involved page for more
information on how to participate in any of these areas.
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Categories on this page:
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A complete list of all public projects:
- Accepted Projects
- those projects that include core technical projects as well as key user information projects
- Incubator Projects
- projects that may be experimental or of limited focus
- Native-Lang Projects
- language and support projects - these normally have discussions
in that language
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Product Development
Project |
Short Name |
Description |
Security |
security |
To improve security and privacy features in OpenOffice.org |
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Performance |
performance |
To improve the performance of OpenOffice.org |
Word Processing |
sw |
The word processing application Writer the formula editor Math. |
Spreadsheet |
sc |
The spreadsheet application Calc. |
Graphic Applications |
graphics |
The Graphic applications like Impress, Draw and Chart. |
Graphic System Layer |
gsl |
The Graphic System Layer (GSL) project is an umbrella project to provide graphic output on different devices. Graphic output refers to a range of operations starting from simple line drawing to complex raster operations. |
Base / Database Access |
dba |
Base is OpenOffice.org's database application. Additionally, this project provides the other applications with access to a variety of relational data sources in various formats. |
API |
api |
The application programming interface. |
Application Framework |
framework |
This project contains modules that define the general behaviour of the OpenOffice application components ( Writer, Calc etc. ) |
Build Tools and Environment |
tools |
The tools used in the build process and the build environment. |
Quality Assurance |
qa |
Quality Assurance: testing and qualifying all builds of OpenOffice.org. |
UNO Development Kit / Component Technology |
udk |
Object model development and component technology. Includes the old OI and Scripting projects. |
User Experience |
ux |
The main goal of the User Experience Team is to make
OpenOffice.org the best office suite in terms of usability,
productivity and enjoyment.
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User Interface |
ui |
Common user interface for OpenOffice.org applications. |
XML Project |
xml |
The OpenOffice.org XML project is the home of of XML related features of OpenOffice.org, like its OASIS OpenDocument/ISO/IEC 26300 file format implementation. It further provides some XML base implementations, like XML parser and printer components. |
Extension Development
Project |
Short Name |
Description |
Extensions |
extensions |
The purpose of this project is to help produce, organize and deploy extensions. An extension is a third party tool that brings OOo new functionality. This can be done through addons, addins, deployed by UNO packages. Extensions also covers templates and galleries. |
External |
external |
This project will host all the external code allowed. |
Universal Content Broker |
ucb |
Allows the applications to transparently access content with different structures. |
Bibliographic Project |
bibliographic |
To provide integrated bibliographic functionality in OpenOffice.org. |
Language Development and Support
Project |
Short Name |
Description |
Localization |
l10n |
The major target of the L10N and I18N project is to provide tools and workflows for localization (l10n) and internationalization (i18n). |
Native Language Confederation |
native-lang |
The Native-Language Confederation includes the communities of users, developers, documentation writers and marketers contributing to OpenOffice.org in their own languages worldwide |
Lingucomponent |
lingucomponent |
Lingucomponent is charged with creating dictionaries, thesauri, and other related tools. |
Distribution
Helping Users
Project |
Short Name |
Description |
Support |
support |
Support options for endusers from professional companies to community volunteers. |
Documentation |
documentation |
End-user documentation for the various components making up OpenOffice.org. |
Promotion
Project |
Short Name |
Description |
Certification |
certification |
To certify organizations providing support, training, and related services for users. |
Marketing |
marketing |
The project for furthering the growth and use of OpenOffice.org technology.
Efforts include: developing collateral, logos, public outreach.
This project includes the Art sub-project, which is responsible for all OpenOffice.org artwork. |
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