The document presents the LPOD project, which aims to develop an OpenDocument library for Python, Perl, and Ruby. The objectives are to provide a common API for these languages for OpenDocument files and implement a high-level, business intelligence oriented API. The project is supported by French organizations and includes members from 4 companies and 4 public research laboratories. It takes a top-down, multilingual approach to strictly implement the ODF standard and extend its usage beyond traditional office documents.

1. LPOD, a library to extend ODF ecosystem Presentation of the project LPOD Jérôme Dumonteil Luis Belmar-Letelier LPOD Founding members 12:15 – 13:00 5 nov 2009

3. Members

4. Technical principles

5. Why the LPOD project ?

9. Perl

10. ruby

12. Implementing and validating a high level business intelligence oriented API

14. ODF abstraction

15. Business oriented high level API

19. Itaapy (Python and architecture expertise)

20. Pierlis (Ruby and smartphones expertise)

22. ParisTech (Security analysis)

23. Univ. du Littoral (massive research datas)

24. UPMC (accessibility analysis)

26. Development and validation of an ODF implementation for higher level use cases.

28. Free Software development methods.

30. Business needs oriented approach and validation for the higher level features

31. Topdown architecture (not based on a low level XML mapping)

32. RESTful architecture and style of development.

34. handles both semantics and presentation separately

37. automated processes,

38. REST web technologies,

39. Thus becoming a common toolbox for BI, data storage for web 2.0, smartphones...

43. “business oriented” Apache v2

45. A: full perimeter project target is end of 2010.

48. A: Level 2 mde to be adapted to specific business needs

49. A: It's free software :-)

51. A: Collaboration started with ODF Tk.

53. A: LpOD implements a library, not a end user software

54. A: LpOD is not “document” oriented, but “data” oriented. LpOD is not bounded to the desktop paradigm. LpOD provides an abstraction layer for ODF use.

56. 2009-02-18 : first code commit of lpOD.

59. Unit testing suite

60. “Show me the code”