Actually, if you think about it, it is not an ooffice service you need.<br><br>All you need is an OpenOffice client!!! That can talk to the services module.<br><br>The Drupal Services module already has a node service.<br>
<br>The only need for customization may be with certain complex node types...<br><br>Here the medium is not in the messge.<br><br>Victor<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 7:37 AM, Balazs Dianiska <<a href="mailto:csillagasz@gmail.com">csillagasz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">If you imagined this interaction between OOo and Drupal over a<br>
protocol like XML-RPC, SOAP etc, then I would recommend taking a look<br>
at the services module (<a href="http://drupal.org/project/services" target="_blank">drupal.org/project/services</a>), writing an<br>
ooffice service (containing the methods for Drupal) in my opinion<br>
would be an elegant way to go.<br>
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On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 4:38 AM, Louis Suarez-Potts<br>
<<a href="mailto:Louis.Suarez-Potts@sun.com">Louis.Suarez-Potts@sun.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> On 2008-05-14, at 23:27 , Larry Garfield wrote:<br>
><br>
>> There is a Google Summer of Code project to build a document importer<br>
>> module<br>
>> for Drupal that can handle, among other formats, ODT.<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://groups.drupal.org/node/10890" target="_blank">http://groups.drupal.org/node/10890</a><br>
><br>
> Nifty.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> While the student is not allowed to accept additional money beyond what<br>
>> Google<br>
>> offers (I think), having access to ODT experts is something I can only<br>
>> think<br>
>> is a good thing.<br>
><br>
> Quite. And certainly a supporting community can help. I cannot allocate<br>
> resources at OOo but can certainly invite students and others to the<br>
> relevant lists and introduce people; and can also see if there is<br>
> sufficiently strong interest within Sun (my employer and OOo's primary<br>
> contributor and sponsor) to act on a Drupal integration. But much of the<br>
> effort would really have to come from our communities, no?<br>
><br>
> best<br>
> Louis<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Wednesday 14 May 2008, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> [This is a re-send of a message I sent originally to the<br>
>>> infrastructure list.]<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hello all!<br>
>>><br>
>>> Allow me to introduce myself: I'm the community manager of<br>
>>> OpenOffice.org, a role I've held for the last 7.5 years. My interest<br>
>>> here is to see if there is interest in developing an OpenDocument<br>
>>> Format filter for Drupal or (better yet) some ways of integrating or<br>
>>> at least linking OOo to Drupal. The reason? Lots, including both<br>
>>> public and private enterprises, want a CMS + productivity suite (such<br>
>>> as OOo) combo. Drupal has huge market share and is flourishing; so<br>
>>> does and is OOo.<br>
>>><br>
>>> How is integration imagined? It could be close or it could be even<br>
>>> something as simple as an extension. We have now many extensions, and<br>
>>> there is no reason why everything has to be a single package--this is<br>
>>> the Internet age, not the isolated desktop age.<br>
>>><br>
>>> If people are interested, let's talk. My guess is that an obstacle to<br>
>>> good intentions is reality: shortage of resources. But I also am<br>
>>> relentlessly optimistic and hopeful, and believe if we can present a<br>
>>> good case then companies may want to allocate those resources, which<br>
>>> is to say, people and money.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Ciao,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Louis<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> --<br>
>>> Louis Suarez-Potts, PhD<br>
>>> Community Manager, Sun Microsystems, Inc.<br>
>>> OpenOffice.org<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42<br>
>> <a href="mailto:larry@garfieldtech.com">larry@garfieldtech.com</a> ICQ: 6817012<br>
>><br>
>> "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of<br>
>> exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea,<br>
>> which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to<br>
>> himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the<br>
>> possession<br>
>> of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." --<br>
>> Thomas<br>
>> Jefferson<br>
><br>
><br>
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