Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact poi-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list poi-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 41965 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2003 16:43:25 -0000 Received: from lotus.lotus.com (129.42.250.41) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 23 Jul 2003 16:43:25 -0000 Received: from internet1.lotus.com (internet1 [172.16.131.235]) by lotus.lotus.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6NGa5kL006344 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 12:36:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cammail06.lotus.com (cammail06.lotus.com [9.33.9.29]) by internet1.lotus.com (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h6NGgZnu019406 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 12:42:35 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: To: "POI Developers List" Subject: fileformats.apache.org (was Re: I have an idea) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.0.2CF1 June 9, 2003 Message-ID: From: robert_weir@us.ibm.com Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 12:42:34 -0400 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on CAMMAIL06/CAM/M/Lotus(Release 6.0.1|February 07, 2003) at 07/23/2003 12:42:36 PM, Serialize complete at 07/23/2003 12:42:36 PM Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_alternative 005BCAF485256D6C_=" X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 471 --=_alternative 005BCAF485256D6C_= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >It might be a good idea to start approaching the board about the >fileformats.apache.org idea... However, As I understand it they're all a >bit busy at the moment... So maybe in a few weeks. Intriguing idea. How broad do you see this being? POI plus the long-lost sibling projects (like the Cocoon serializers)? Other Apache projects (Batik?) Concentrating on MS Office formats, or would this be a place for other Java-based office-like parsers (OpenOffice, SmartSuite, Corel) to hang out? Is there any synergy by having all these projects under one umbrella, such as internal reuse? Obviously, we can share core code for CDF. Anything else? Can you paint a mental picture of what you would want this to look like in 18 months? -Rob --=_alternative 005BCAF485256D6C_=--