OpenDocument

File Format
Name	OpenDocument
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Document OpenDocument
Extension(s)	.odm, .odt, .ods, .odg, .odp, .odc, .odi, .odf, .odb, .ott, .ots, .otg, .otp, .otc, .oti, .otf, .oth, .fodt, .fods, .fodg, .fodp
LoCFDD	fdd000247, others
PRONOM	fmt/135, others
Released	2005

OpenDocument, also known as Open Document Format for Office Applications or ODF, is a family of file formats designed to be used by word processors, spreadsheet applications, and other office applications. It is (more or less?) the successor to OpenOffice.org XML. These formats were developed by a group called OASIS, so they are sometimes referred to as "OASIS format" or "OASIS Open Document Format".

Formats

Format	MIME type	Extension	PRONOM	LoCFDD
OpenDocument			fmt/135	fdd000247, fdd000424, fdd000425
OpenDocument Text	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text	.odt, .fodt	fmt/136, fmt/290, fmt/291	fdd000427, fdd000428
	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-template	.ott
OpenDocument Global Text	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-master	.odm
OpenDocument HTML Template	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-web	.oth
OpenDocument Spreadsheet	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet	.ods, .fods	fmt/137, fmt/294, fmt/295	fdd000438, fdd000439
	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet-template	.ots
OpenDocument Drawing	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics	.odg, .fodg	fmt/139, fmt/296, fmt/297	fdd000436
	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics-template	.otg
OpenDocument Presentation	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation	.odp, .fodp	fmt/138, fmt/292, fmt/293	fdd000435
	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation-template	.otp
OpenDocument Chart	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart	.odc		fdd000437
	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart-template	.otc
OpenDocument Image	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.image	.odi
	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.image-template	.oti
OpenDocument Formula	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula	.odf
	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula-template	.otf
OpenDocument Database Front End	application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.base application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database	.odb	fmt/140, fmt/444, fmt/424	fdd000441

Identification

In most cases, OpenDocument files begin with the ASCII string "PK", have "mimetype" at offset 30, and "application/vnd.oasis.opendocument." at offset 38.

Specifications

• OpenDocument v1.0 specification
• OpenDocument v1.1 specification
• OpenDocument v1.2 specification

Software

• LibreOffice
• Wikipedia: OpenDocument software
• Wikipedia: Comparison of OpenDocument software
• WebODF
• unoconv
• libodfgen library
• LibreOffice ODF Toolkit (Java) including:
  • ODF Validator (a cloud-hosted version of the validator is running here.

ODF version support over time

ODF version	Date of standard approval by OASIS	First supporting version of the software
ODF 1.0	2005-05-01	OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 or StarOffice 7
ODF 1.1	2007-02-02	OpenOffice.org 2.2 or StarOffice 8 Update 4
ODF 1.2	2011-09-30	OpenOffice.org 3, StarOffice 9, Oracle Open Office
ODF 1.2 (Extended)	-	OpenOffice.org 3.2 or StarOffice 9.2

Taken from LibreOffice - XML File Formats.

Sample files

• Homeland by Cory Doctorow
• dexvert samples — document/openDocument

Links

• Wikipedia: OpenDocument
• Wikipedia: OpenDocument technical specification
• OpenDoc Society: opendocumentformat.org
• Forensic Wiki article
• LibreOffice vs OpenOffice: Comparative review
• UK picks Open Document Format for all government files
• WebODF: JavaScript Open Document Format Editor Deemed Stable (Slashdot discussion)
• Discussion of embedding fonts in ODF documents
• ODF: The Open Document Format
• ODF Spreadsheet Interoperability (Microsoft discussion)
• Images not embedded because of paste as link bug in OpenOffice and LibreOffice