About

• Overview
• Contributors
• Architecture
• Milestones
• Licensing model

Overview

As part of Microsoft’s continued commitment to interoperability, Microsoft decided to work with Beihang University and other partners to create a Translator which provides interoperability between UOF and Open XML in both directions.

The UOF - Uniform Office Format is an emerging standard, which is being developed by the Chinese Office Software Work Group (COSWG), led by the China Electronics Standard Institute (CESI), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology(MIIT), major suppliers of Chinese office software suites, and other academic institutions.

The UOF and OOXML translator (also referred to UOF Translator) which provides interoperability between UOF and Open XML in both directions. Currently, there are nine versions of UOF translator:

• Version 5.1: provides Word, Spreadsheet and Presentation translations, with Open XML, ISO29500 and UOF 2.0,which have interoperability, performance and functionality enhancements over OpenXML/UOF Translator Version 5.0.
• Version 5.0: provides Word, Spreadsheet and Presentation translations, with Open XML, ISO29500 and UOF 2.0,which have interoperability, performance and functionality enhancements over OpenXML/UOF Translator Version 4.1.
• Version 4.1: provides Word, Spreadsheet and Presentation translations, with Open XML, ISO29500 and UOF 2.0,which have interoperability, performance and functionality enhancements over OpenXML/UOF Translator Version 4.0.
• Version 4.0: provides Word, Spreadsheet and Presentation translations, with Open XML, ISO29500 and UOF 2.0,which have interoperability, performance and functionality enhancements over OpenXML/UOF Translator Version 3.0.1.
• Version 3.0.1: provides Word, Spreadsheet and Presentation translations, with Open XML, ISO29500 and UOF 1.0/UOF1.1,which have interoperability, performance and functionality enhancements over OpenXML/UOF Translator Version 3.0.
• Version 3.0: provides Word, Spreadsheet and Presentation translations, with Open XML, ISO29500 and UOF 1.0/UOF1.1,which have interoperability, performance and functionality enhancements over OpenXML/UOF Translator Version 2.1.
• Version 2.1: provides Word, Spreadsheet and Presentation translations, with Open XML, ECMA, 2006.11 and UOF 1.0,which have interoperability, performance and functionality enhancements over OpenXML/UOF Translator Version 2.0, and also provides Word translation with Open XML, ECMA, 2006.11 and UOF 1.1.
• Version 2.0: provides Word, Spreadsheet and Presentation translations, with Open XML, ECMA, 2006.11 and UOF 1.0.
• Version 1.0: provides Word translation, with Open XML, ECMA, 2006.11 and UOF 1.0.

Contributors

This project involves several partners:

Beihang

Beihang University, China

BISTU

Beijing Information Science & Technology University, China

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation.

Architecture

Figure 1: Architecture of UOF Translator V5.1

Milestones of UOF Translator V5.1

Milestone 1 Envision phase due on (September 30, 2014) Requirements Specification Defined, Documented and Signed-off Project Kickoff Meeting Project Executive Plan Creation, Approval Delivery Requirements Specification Project Executive Plan

Milestone 2 Design phase due on (October 24, 2014) Master Test Plan Creation, Approval Develop Design Specification Document Creation, Approval Discrepancy Document Creation, Approval Delivery Master Test Plan Design Specification Discrepancy Document

Milestone 3 Build phase due on (February 28, 2015) Executable Code Open XML/UOF Translator Web Service with all functions completed Code Reviewed Test Case Design Specification Creation, Approval Compliance Test Delivery Test Case Design Specification Test Report

Milestone 4 Stabilize phase due on (May 3, 2015) Compliance/Compatible Test and Test passes Bug Fixing Delivery Test Report Install package

Milestone 5 Deploy phase due on (May 30, 2015) Deploy Open XML/UOF Translator 5.1 and the Web Service Deployment Guide and User Guide Creation, Approval Post Mortems Deployment Complete and signoff Delivery Deployment Guide User Guide Installation package Source code All documents Test samples

Licensing model

This project is developed and released under a very liberal BSD-like license:

* Copyright (c) 2006, Beihang University, China
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
*
*     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
*       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
*     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
*       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
*       documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
*     * Neither the name of Clever Age, nor the names of its contributors may
*       be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
*       without specific prior written permission.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY
* EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
* WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
* DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
* DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
* (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
* LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
* ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
* (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
* SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.