It includes the development of specifications and software for the representation of multimedia documents for its interchange in open environments. The main results of our work are:
Standardization work. The second version of the ISO/IEC 8613 (ODA: Open Document Architecture) standar was published in 1994. Our group edited two of the different parts of the standar, and actively contributed to the work of corresponding ISO/IEC working group (ISO/IEC JTC1/SC18/WG3, working in collaboration wtrih ITU-T SG8).
In addition, two new parts of the ODA Satandard/Recommendation, published in 1995 and 1996, Abstract Interface for the Manipulation of ODA Documents, and Identification of Document Fragments, were edited by team members.
An ETG (EWOS Technical Guide) on how to include Application Specific Information, like STEP or EDIFACT, into ODA documents was developed under the ledearship of our team. It was approved and published in 1995.
Also effort was put on the development of an ETG on Specifications for the Definitions of Layout Consistency in ODA documents.
Research and Development Projects. The ESPRIT FODATEC project (Feasibility demonstration of ODA for TEChnical documents) is an example of R&D work in this field.
The most relevant papers in this topic are:
José J. Acebrón and Jaime Delgado. Handling and Interchange of Structured Multimedia Documents Containing Application Specific Information. In 6th Joint European Networking Conference , pp. 1-8, Tel Aviv (Israel), May 1995.
Jaime Delgado and Xavier Perramon. ODA Converters and Document Application Profiles. In Message Handling Systems and Application Layer Communications Protocols , pp. 329-342. North-Holland, 1991.
Jaime Delgado, José J. Acebrón, Ramon Martí, and Xavier Perramon. Contribution to the Topic Generic Abstract Interface for the Manipulation of Documents, March 1996. EWOS/EG/SMMI 96/085.
José J. Acebrón and Jaime Delgado. A Modular Design for the Next Generation of ODA Profiles, December 1994. EWOS/EG/SMMI 95/005.
José J. Acebrón and Jaime Delgado. Including ASI into ODA documents: Extensions required in FOD026, January 1994. EWOS/EG/ODA 94/014.
