[OpenISO] OOXML (and other OpenISO.org documents) as html?

[Claude Almansi]

On 9/26/07, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
> Henrik Sundberg <storangen at gmail.com> wrote on 2007-09-16:
>
> > Does anyone know about OOXML saved in other formats than the pdf
> > documents found at
> > http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm
> > ?
>
> Well there's a OOXML formatted version of the spec also.
>
> Maybe it would be a worthwhile test of a document format spec
> whether it is possible to write, with reasonable effort, a
> script which converts the spec into HTML format?
>
> Since according to Ecma, the OOXML spec is in the public domain,
> we can publish the resulting HTML files on the OpenISO.org website.
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert.

That would be great: I had downloaded the first part in OOXML format:
when I tried to open one of the .xml files, this Mac suggested using
OmniOutliner 3, which I haven't really tried yet and anyway refused
to. With NeoOffice (for-Mac version of OpenOffice), I only got what
looked like the source code (but I may have goofed choosing the
character encoding type). With Amaya I got something that made some
kind of sense (or would have if I had the necessary knowledge) but the
formating looked all wrong and Amaya froze when I tried to scroll
down, so I had to force-quit it.

These problems are probably due in great partor entirely to my
incompetence. Nevertheless, it would be great to have the files as web
pages.

Wondering thoough: if you make such a version but have to use "geek"
competencies, won't publishing this version be self-defeating? I mean
ECMA and MS could say: look, OOXML does work for the production of
files in other formats.

Best

Claude