Evaluate the Interoperability of Document Format: Based on Translation Practice of OOXML and UOF
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Background
2.1. Open Standard Document Format
2.1.1. OOXML
2.1.2. UOF
2.2. Interoperability
2.3. UOF-Open XML Translator Project
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- Version 5.0: provides Word processing, Spreadsheet and Presentation translations, including the translation of Open XML (ISO 29500 strict/transitional) to UOF 2.0 and the translation of UOF 2.0 to Open XML (ISO 29500 transitional). Performance and functionality enhancements over OpenXML/UOF Translator Version 4.1 have also been made in this project.
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- Version 4.1: provides Word processing, Spreadsheet and Presentation translations, including the translation between Open XML (ISO 29500 transitional) and UOF 2.0 in bidirectional. More performance and functionality enhancements over OpenXML/UOF Translator Version 4.0 have been made in this project.
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- Version 4.0: provides Word processing, Spreadsheet and Presentation translations, including the translation between Open XML (ISO 29500 transitional) and UOF 2.0 in bidirectional. Performance and functionality enhancements over OpenXML/UOF Translator Version 3.0 have also been made in this project.
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- Version 3.0: provides Word processing, Spreadsheet and Presentation translations, including the translation between Open XML (ISO 29500 transitional) and UOF 1.0/1.1 in bidirectional. Performance and functionality enhancements over OpenXML/UOF Translator Version 2.1 have also been made in this project.
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- Version 2.1: provides Word processing, Spreadsheet and Presentation translations, including the translation between Open XML (ECMA 376) and UOF 1.0 in bidirectional and word processing translation between Open XML (ECMA 376) and UOF 1.1. Performance and functionality enhancements over OpenXML/UOF Translator Version 2.0 have also been made in this project.
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- Version 2.0: provides Word processing, Spreadsheet and Presentation translations, including the translation between Open XML (ECMA 376) and UOF 1.0.
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- Version 1.0: provides Word processing translation, only including the translation between Open XML (ECMA 376) and UOF 1.0.
3. Interoperability Assessment and Test Method
3.1. Features
Standard Part | First Level feature | Second Level Feature | Third Level Feature |
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Word Processing | 21 | 170 | 266 |
Spreadsheet | 18 | 141 | 354 |
Presentation | 23 | 174 | 387 |
3.2. Test Case
3.3. Interoperability Implementation
3.4. Limitation
4. Interoperability Assessment Practice and Results
4.1. Evaluating Model
4.2. Interoperability Overview
Standard Part | Feature with Discrepancy | Own Features | Total Feature | Full Equivalence | Discrepancy | Own |
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Word Processing | 33 | 19 | 266 | 80.5% | 12.4% | 7.1% |
Spreadsheet | 26 | 55 | 387 | 79.1% | 6.7% | 14.2% |
Presentation | 37 | 28 | 354 | 81.6% | 10.5% | 7.9% |
4.3. Core Features
4.4. Discrepancy Reason
Standard Part | Enumeration Discrepancy | Resemblance Discrepancy | Display Discrepancy | Own Discrepancy |
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Word Processing | 13 | 5 | 4 | 30 |
Spreadsheet | 12 | 6 | 5 | 39 |
Presentation | 9 | 3 | 6 | 63 |
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Lin, Y.; Lin, X.; Li, N.; Mu, Y. Evaluate the Interoperability of Document Format: Based on Translation Practice of OOXML and UOF. Information 2015, 6, 111-121. https://doi.org/10.3390/info6020111
Lin Y, Lin X, Li N, Mu Y. Evaluate the Interoperability of Document Format: Based on Translation Practice of OOXML and UOF. Information. 2015; 6(2):111-121. https://doi.org/10.3390/info6020111
Chicago/Turabian StyleLin, Yaohu, Xuelian Lin, Ning Li, and Yongmin Mu. 2015. "Evaluate the Interoperability of Document Format: Based on Translation Practice of OOXML and UOF" Information 6, no. 2: 111-121. https://doi.org/10.3390/info6020111
APA StyleLin, Y., Lin, X., Li, N., & Mu, Y. (2015). Evaluate the Interoperability of Document Format: Based on Translation Practice of OOXML and UOF. Information, 6(2), 111-121. https://doi.org/10.3390/info6020111