So, shortly after I posted my entry on OpenOffice.org and Wikis, I was happily informed that in fact there are tools that do what I want already in existence and more is being developed. See:
* http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Odt2Wiki
To install the export filter:
* Create the file Odt2Wiki.xslt:
o Go here #Odt2Wiki.xslt
o Select all
o Paste it to a new text file
o Save it as Odt2Wiki.xslt
* Start OpenOffice.org 2.0.
* From Tool choose XML Filter Settings.
* choose New and in General fill the form with the following data:
o Filter name: Odt2Wiki
o Application: OpenOffice.org Writer (.odt)
o Name of file type: Odt2Wiki
o File extention: txt
* Choose Transformation and fill the form with the following data:
o XSLT for Export: put the full path to Odt2Wiki.xslt
(There are also alternatives; see the wiki article for more.)
I'll test this later on today. Obviously, it would be great if it could be packaged as an easy (easier) to install extension (and maybe it's been done), and even cooler if we could then publicize this on major wiki sites....
* http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Odt2Wiki
To install the export filter:
* Create the file Odt2Wiki.xslt:
o Go here #Odt2Wiki.xslt
o Select all
o Paste it to a new text file
o Save it as Odt2Wiki.xslt
* Start OpenOffice.org 2.0.
* From Tool choose XML Filter Settings.
* choose New and in General fill the form with the following data:
o Filter name: Odt2Wiki
o Application: OpenOffice.org Writer (.odt)
o Name of file type: Odt2Wiki
o File extention: txt
* Choose Transformation and fill the form with the following data:
o XSLT for Export: put the full path to Odt2Wiki.xslt
(There are also alternatives; see the wiki article for more.)
I'll test this later on today. Obviously, it would be great if it could be packaged as an easy (easier) to install extension (and maybe it's been done), and even cooler if we could then publicize this on major wiki sites....
I was thinking about this issue as well, but my ideas were slightly different.
ReplyDeleteWhat if the OOo extension let you set up a personal or intranet wiki that you only accessed through OpenOffice.org, instead of a web browser at all! This would be very useful to WYSIWYG folks who don't feel comfortable hitting an "edit" button on a web page to enter the coding mode, and who wouldn't be comfortable saving a file from Writer to upload somehow.
Basically, merge the word processor paradigm with the wiki concept to ease office workers into the realm of wiki collaboration.
I've described my idea on SolidOffice.com, and even submitted it to a contest in which the winning idea will be implemented by Novell and Linux Format magazine: http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/518
Issue is that each wiki will provide their own markup language. So having a wiki in MediaWiki, will require a different markup from Dokuwiki or moin moin.
ReplyDeleteI'll rather want to see support for Wiki2ODF since ODF is a standard scheme. I think this could be done by XHTML2ODF plugins or better yet since most wiki's are PHP, to support the somehow unmantained project of:
http://www.fallengods.com/php-opendocument-library/
Version still at 0.02 and last update was in 2005.