Active Projects of OpenOffice.org
This page lists some of the main projects of OpenOffice.org categorized by function. Participation in projects is the way work is carried out in OpenOffice.org.
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Product Development
| Project | Short Name | Description | Project Leads |
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| Security | security | To improve security and privacy features in OpenOffice.org | |
| Performance | performance | To improve the performance of OpenOffice.org | Li Heng
Dieter Löschky |
| Word Processing | sw | The word processing application Writer the formula editor Math. | Mathias Bauer,
Oliver Wittmann |
| Spreadsheet | sc | The spreadsheet application Calc. | Niklas Nebel,
Eike Rathke |
| Graphic Applications | graphics | The Graphic applications like Impress, Draw and Chart. | Kai Ahrens,
Christian Lippka |
| Graphic System Layer | gsl | 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. | Philipp Lohmann,
Herbert Duerr |
| Base / Database Access | dba | 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. |
Ocke Janssen,
Frank Schoenheit |
| API | api | The application programming interface. | Juergen Schmidt,
Steffen Grund |
| Application Framework | framework | This project contains modules that define the general behaviour of the OpenOffice application components ( Writer, Calc etc. ) | Mathias Bauer,
Carsten Driesner |
| Build Tools and Environment | tools | The tools used in the build process and the build environment. | Martin Hollmichel |
| Quality Assurance | qa | Quality Assurance: testing and qualifying all builds of OpenOffice.org. | NAKATA, Maho,
Caio Tiago Oliveira de Sousa, Joost Andrae |
| UNO Development Kit / Component Technology | udk | Object model development and component technology. Includes the old OI and Scripting projects. | Kay Ramme,
Stephan Bergmann |
| User Experience | ux | The main goal of the User Experience Team is to make OpenOffice.org the best office suite in terms of usability, productivity and enjoyment. | Frank Loehmann
Christoph Noack |
| User Interface | ui | Common user interface for OpenOffice.org applications. | Oliver Specht |
| XML Project | xml | 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. | Michael Brauer,
Svante Schubert |
Extension Development
| Project | Short Name | Description | Project Leads |
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| Extensions | extensions | 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. | Jürgen Schmidt |
| External | external | This project will host all the external code allowed. | Martin Hollmichel (acting) |
| Universal Content Broker | ucb | Allows the applications to transparently access content with different structures. | Matthias Huetsch |
| Bibliographic Project | bibliographic | To provide integrated bibliographic functionality in OpenOffice.org. | David Wilson,
Bruce D'Arcus |
Language Development and Support
| Project | Short Name | Description | Project Leads |
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| Localization | l10n | The major target of the L10N and I18N project is to provide tools and workflows for localization (l10n) and internationalization (i18n). | Rafaella Braconi,
Pavel Janík, Eike Rathke |
| Native Language Confederation | native-lang | The Native-Language Confederation includes the communities of users, developers, documentation writers and marketers contributing to OpenOffice.org in their own languages worldwide | Louis Suárez-Potts |
| Lingucomponent | lingucomponent | Lingucomponent is charged with creating dictionaries, thesauri, and other related tools. | László Németh |
Distribution
| Project | Short Name | Description | Project Leads |
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| Porting | porting | Porting to new platforms. Includes Mac Porting Project . | Martin Hollmichel,
Shaun MacDonald |
| Installation | installation | Creating the installation set. | Ingo Schmidt |
| Distribution | distribution | The purpose of Distribution Project is to establish policy and consolidate areas and links relating to the distribution of OpenOffice.org. Distribution includes the Mirrors Project, CD-ROM Project, OEM Project, and P2P Project. | Louis Suárez-Potts |
Helping Users
| Project | Short Name | Description | Project Leads |
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| Support | support | Support options for endusers from professional companies to community volunteers. | Louis Suárez-Potts,
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| Documentation | documentation | End-user documentation for the various components making up OpenOffice.org. | Jean Hollis Weber |
Promotion
| Project | Short Name | Description | Project Leads |
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| Certification | certification | To certify organizations providing support, training, and related services for users. | Alexandro Colorado,
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| Marketing | marketing | The project for furthering the growth and use of OpenOffice.org technology. Efforts include: developing collateral, logos, public outreach. This project includes the Art sub-project, which is responsible for all OpenOffice.org artwork. | Peter Junge Louis Suárez-Potts |
