XML2ODF(1) User commands XML2ODF(1)
NAME
xml2odf - Create ODF package from OpenDocument in XML form
SYNOPSIS
xml2odf [-o outputfile] [-s] [inputfile]
DESCRIPTION
OpenDocument can be a complete office document in a single XML file.
The script will take such a document and create a package. This is
mainly useful as a postprocesser of a program producing XML, such as a
stylesheet.
“Inputfile” is assumed to be an OpenDocument file in XML form. If there
is no inputfile, the program will read from standard input. The flag -s
adds correct suffix to the filename according to what mime type is
found in the XML file, in cause you don't know already what document
type you are packaging.
If output file is not specified output will be to standard out.
Section 2.1.1 of Open Document Format for Office Applications says that
the [content.xml] file contains the document content, along with the
automatic styles needed for the document content. The [styles.xml] file
contains all the named styles of a document, along with the automatic
styles needed for the named styles. The application doesn't know which
automatic style is needed for what, so it puts the same set of
automatic styles into both files.
One could assume that the inverse operation would be easier, but
OpenOffice.org is quite happy to use the same names for two different
automatic styles. For instance, a style used inside <style:footer> can
have the same name as one used inside <office:text> but be a different
paragraph style. This is reported as bug #90494
(http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=90494)
EXAMPLE
xml2odf -o testdocument -s xml-file
SEE ALSO
odftools(1), odf2xml(1)
BUGS
Doesn't handle external data -- images and such.
The library used for the parsing of XML expands empty elements from
<element/> to <element></element>. It should not have an effect on the
document parsing.
AUTHOR
Søren Roug
Original author
odfpy 12/03/2021 XML2ODF(1)
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