The OpenDocument Format [1] is a true international standard format for interoperability of office documents, and is also the standard format for LibreOffice. In addition, OpenDocument has a clear XML schema that combines human readability with machine processability. As a result, there are many ODF manipulation libraries for many languages.
At the speaker’s company, we use a Java library named jOpenDocument [2] for our Scala-based automatic report generation tool as I mentioned in last years’ talk[3]. It is an excellent library with an easy-to-understand interface and easy-to-create templates to populate with arbitrary information. However, its development ended in 2014, and there is a problem that it is not compatible with newer Java and ODF versions.
In this talk, I will explain my story of updating such an old Java library and releasing it as OSS.
[1] http://opendocumentformat.org/
[2] http://www.jopendocument.org/
[3] https://speakerdeck.com/naruoga/why-odf-is-the-best-intermediate-format-for-report-generation-systems
About NARUHIKO OGASAWARA
Naruhiko Ogasawara is responsible for developing security solutions for customers’ development teams and in-house tools for pentesters at a Japanese security vendor. In his private life, he is interested in desktop-based FOSS technologies such as LibreOffice and Ubuntu. He enjoys running rivers on his kayak.