Custom schemas

Does any application exist that implements the OpenDocument format  and supports "custom schemas"? Please note that I distinguish between the OpenDocument format and applications that implement it, and although OpenDocument does support custom schemas, I do not know if any applications (such as Open Office) exist that implements this feature.

It is quite easy to apply custom schemas in, for example, MS Word 2007 (which does not implement OpenDocument) and edit and modify a document visually within that word processor in such a way that the document will always conform to the custom schema. I would just like to make sure whether this is possible in any application (such as Open Office) that implements the OpenDocument format

Hi,

am posting your question to OOo...

 Cheers,

Charles. 

Many thanks,

 

Louw

Louw,

 

no direct answers for the moment but that thread seen on the XML project of OpenOffice.org might help.

 

Best

Charles.

Charles

 

Yes, that thread is relevant and does help.

 

Thanks for you support!

 

Louw

Hi,

I am not sure I understand what you want to do with custom schemas here. You mention an application using those schemas and then editing a document under ODF. May I ask you what for? Why would you use a custom schema in the application but not in the document?

(OT but related: perhaps all you need is XForms. In that case OpenOffice.org has full XForms support).

Cheers!

I would like the ability to integrate data with OpenDocument documents while
maintaining a separation of presentation (OpenDocument markup)
and data (custom schemas and instances thereof). I was mentioning MS Word 2007
(which implements Open XML) and where this ability (separating presentation -
Open XML markup - and data - custom schemas) is possible. I would just like to know
whether this is possible using OpenDocument with an application such as OpenOffice.