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| <h1>Project Areas of Apache OpenOffice</h1><!-- DISTRIBUTION --> |
| <p>This page lists some of the main project areas of Apache OpenOffice categorized by function. Please see the |
| <a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html">Get Involved</a> page for more |
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| <p><strong>Categories on this page:</strong></p> |
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| <li><a href="#components">Product Development</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#extending">Extension Development</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#languages">Language Support</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#support">Helping Users</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#distribution">Distribution</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#promotion">Promotion</a></li> |
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| <p><strong>A complete list of all public projects:</strong></p> |
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| <dt><a href="accepted.html">Accepted Projects</a></dt> |
| <dd>those projects that include core technical projects as well as key user information projects</dd> |
| <dt><a href="incubator.html">Incubator Projects</a></dt> |
| <dd>projects that may be experimental or of limited focus</dd> |
| <dt><a href="native-lang.html">Native-Lang Projects</a></dt> |
| <dd>language and support projects - these normally have discussions |
| in that language</dd> |
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| <img src="/branding/images/programming.png" alt="toolbox" class="catpic" /><a name="components" id="components"></a>Product Development</h2> |
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| <th class="blue" width="20%">Project</th> |
| <th class="blue" width="10%">Short Name</th> |
| <th class="blue" width="50%">Description</th> |
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| <td class="tableF0"><a href="http://openoffice.apache.org/security.html">Security</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0">security</td> |
| <td class="tableF0">To improve security and privacy features in OpenOffice.org</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0"><a href="/performance/">Performance</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0">performance</td> |
| <td class="tableF0">To improve the performance of OpenOffice.org</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/sw/">Word Processing</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">sw</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">The word processing application <strong>Writer</strong> the formula editor <strong>Math</strong>.</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/sc/">Spreadsheet</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">sc</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">The spreadsheet application <strong>Calc</strong>.</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/graphics/">Graphic Applications</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">graphics</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">The Graphic applications like <strong>Impress</strong>, <strong>Draw</strong> and <a href="http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html"><strong>Chart</strong></a>.</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/gsl/">Graphic System Layer</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">gsl</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">The Graphic System Layer (GSL) project is an umbrella project to provide graphic output on different devices. Graphic output refers to a range of operations starting from simple line drawing to complex raster operations.</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/dba/">Base / Database Access</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">dba</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">Base is OpenOffice.org's database application. Additionally, this project provides the other applications with access to a variety of relational data sources in various formats.</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/api/">API</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">api</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">The application programming interface.</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/framework/">Application Framework</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">framework</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">This project contains modules that define the general behaviour of the OpenOffice application components ( Writer, Calc etc. )</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/tools/">Build Tools and Environment</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">tools</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">The tools used in the build process and the build environment.</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/qa/">Quality Assurance</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">qa</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">Quality Assurance: testing and qualifying all builds of OpenOffice.org.</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/udk/">UNO Development Kit / Component Technology</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">udk</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">Object model development and component technology. Includes the old OI and Scripting projects.</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0"><a href="/ux/">User Experience</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0">ux</td> |
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| The main goal of the User Experience Team is to make |
| OpenOffice.org the best office suite in terms of usability, |
| productivity and enjoyment. |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/ui/">User Interface</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">ui</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">Common user interface for OpenOffice.org applications.</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/xml/">XML Project</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">xml</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">The OpenOffice.org XML project is the home of of XML related features of OpenOffice.org, like its OASIS OpenDocument/ISO/IEC 26300 file format implementation. It further provides some XML base implementations, like XML parser and printer components.</td> |
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| <th class="blue" width="20%">Project</th> |
| <th class="blue" width="10%">Short Name</th> |
| <th class="blue" width="50%">Description</th> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/extensions/">Extensions</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">extensions</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">The purpose of this project is to help produce, organize and deploy extensions. An extension is a third party tool that brings OOo new functionality. This can be done through addons, addins, deployed by UNO packages. Extensions also covers templates and galleries.</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/external/">External</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">external</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">This project will host all the external code allowed.</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/ucb/">Universal Content Broker</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">ucb</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">Allows the applications to transparently access content with different structures.</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/bibliographic/">Bibliographic Project</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">bibliographic</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">To provide integrated bibliographic functionality in OpenOffice.org.</td> |
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| <th class="blue" width="20%">Project</th> |
| <th class="blue" width="10%">Short Name</th> |
| <th class="blue" width="50%">Description</th> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/l10n/">Localization</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">l10n</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">The major target of the L10N and I18N project is to provide tools and workflows for localization (l10n) and internationalization (i18n).</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/projects/native-lang.html">Native Language Confederation</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">native-lang</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">The Native-Language Confederation includes the communities of users, developers, documentation writers and marketers contributing to OpenOffice.org in their own languages worldwide</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/lingucomponent/">Lingucomponent</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">lingucomponent</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">Lingucomponent is charged with creating dictionaries, thesauri, and other related tools.</td> |
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| <th class="blue" width="20%">Project</th> |
| <th class="blue" width="10%">Short Name</th> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/porting/">Porting</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">porting</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">Porting to new platforms. Includes <a href="http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/">Mac Porting Project</a> .</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/installation/">Installation</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">installation</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">Creating the installation set.</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/distribution/">Distribution</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">distribution</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">The purpose of Distribution Project is to establish policy and consolidate areas and links relating to the distribution of OpenOffice.org. Distribution includes the <a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/mirrors/">Mirrors Project</a>, <a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/">CD-ROM Project</a>, <a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/oem/">OEM Project</a>, and <a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/">P2P Project</a>.</td> |
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| <th class="blue" width="20%">Project</th> |
| <th class="blue" width="10%">Short Name</th> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/support/">Support</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">support</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">Support options for endusers from professional companies to community volunteers.</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/documentation/">Documentation</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">documentation</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">End-user documentation for the various components making up OpenOffice.org.</td> |
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| <th class="blue" width="20%">Project</th> |
| <th class="blue" width="10%">Short Name</th> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/certification/">Certification</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">certification</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">To certify organizations providing support, training, and related services for users.</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/marketing/">Marketing</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">marketing</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">The project for furthering the growth and use of OpenOffice.org technology. |
| Efforts include: developing collateral, logos, public outreach. |
| This project includes the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/art/index.html">Art</a> sub-project, which is responsible for all OpenOffice.org artwork.</td> |
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| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="/website/">Website</a></td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="10%">website</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="50%">The OpenOffice.org website, the project for establishing the appearance of the Project.</td> |
| <td class="tableF0" width="20%"><a href="mailto:louis@openoffice.org">Louis Suárez-Potts</a>, |
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| <a href="mailto:cloph@openoffice.org">Christian Lohmaier</a></td> |
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