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OpenDoc was a collaborative effort between [[Apple Corporation]], [[IBM]] and [[Wordperfect Corporation]] (Later [[Novell]]) and a few smaller concerns to create a vendor independent, open standard for compound documents.  
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OpenDoc was a collaborative effort between [[Apple Computer]], [[IBM]], WordPerfect Corp. (later [[Novell]]), [[Sun Microsystems]], XSoft and [[Taligent]] to create a vendor independent, open standard for compound documents.
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Its development was later taken over by a company called '''Component Integration Laboratories''' (CI Labs) that was owned by Apple, IBM and Justsystem. For a time CIL marketed an OpenDoc/[[CORBA]] solution for [[Java]] under the '''Live Objects''' brand. The lack of sales meant that CI Labs was dissolved in 1998 and there was talk about open sourcing the code for OpenDoc and other CI Labs products but for legal reasons that never happened.
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==Technology==
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Basically an OpenDoc compound document is comprised of modules known as "Parts" that each have its own control program that is referred to as an "Editor". An OpenDoc Part can be anything a normal application would offer, eg a spreadsheet Part, a text Part, a database Part and so on, each Part can not only coexist with other parts in the compound document but they can also nest inside each other. When you open a compound document, you are effectively using a collection of Editors rather than a single program.
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If no other storage format is requested or specified by the Editor the data is stored in a meta-format called '''Bento''', that gives each Editor or Part a storage object of its own called "Storage Unit" that contains a list of properties inside it making it look like a file directory to the end user, in turn each Storage Unit is contained inside a list of SU's called Draft but in addition to operating as a sort of an index for Storage units contained inside the handles the householding of file reads and writes, but changes to a Storage Unit are not saved wholesale by a Draft but rather only the changes at each save, which in turn opens up the possibility of an almost infinite undo/redo operations.
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OpenDoc received quite a bit of criticism for being overly complex for what it does. After the discontinuation of OS/2, IBM promised to open source the whole thing but that never happened, according to rumours [[Apple]] prevented them from doing so.
  
 
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While we do have collaborative document systems today with sundry web based services they all require access to a centralised and specialised document servers while OpenDoc and similar systems allow this by default and without the need for external mechanisms of any kind.
 
While we do have collaborative document systems today with sundry web based services they all require access to a centralised and specialised document servers while OpenDoc and similar systems allow this by default and without the need for external mechanisms of any kind.
  
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==History==
While OpenDoc is sometimes presented as an answer to [[Microsoft's]] [[Object Linking and Embedding]] (OLE) technologies it actually has a history predating Microsoft's introduction of OLE and the rather weak [[COM]] model, OpenDoc's ancestry lies with the [[Xerox Star]] system which offered a rudimentary compound document system, but a number of the original OpenDoc team at Apple had worked for [[Xerox]] on the Star prior to joining Apple. What spurred them into action was the huge interest generated by the extensible objects available for the [[Oberon]] operating system and the compound documents that went with that idea, those two technologies were a hot topic in the early nineties.
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While OpenDoc is sometimes presented as an answer to [[Microsoft]]'s '''Object Linking and Embedding''' (OLE) technologies it actually has a history predating Microsoft's introduction of OLE and the rather weak '''COM''' model, OpenDoc's ancestry lies with the ''Xerox Star'' system which offered a rudimentary compound document system, but a number of the original OpenDoc team at Apple had worked for ''Xerox'' on the Star prior to joining Apple. What spurred them into action was the huge interest generated by the extensible objects available for the [[Oberon]] operating system and the compound documents that went with that idea, those two technologies were a hot topic in the early nineties.
  
The research into the Oberon extensible/compound document system eventually resulted in the '''Oberon/F''' system later commercialised under the [[BlackBox Oberon]] name, but further development of that system was hampered when Microsoft poached more or less the entire BlackBox development team from Oberon Microsystems. Noticeably the BlackBox system is easier to use and develop for, much simpler and faster than OpenDoc if not as language independent.
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The research into the Oberon extensible/compound document system eventually resulted in the '''Oberon/F''' system later commercialised under the ''BlackBox Oberon'' name, but further development of that system was hampered when Microsoft poached more or less the entire BlackBox development team from Oberon Microsystems. Noticeably the BlackBox system is easier to use and develop for, much simpler and faster than OpenDoc if not as language independent.
  
 
==Developer Frameworks==
 
==Developer Frameworks==
* [http://web.archive.org/web/19970701004234/http://www.devtools.apple.com/odf/download.html Apple OpenDoc Development Framework] (1997)
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* [[Apple OpenDoc]]
* Apple OpenDoc Essentials Kit 1.0.1 - OpenDocEssentialsKit1.0.1.hqx
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* Apple OpenDoc 1.1.2 - InstallingOpenDoc1.1.2PPC.hqx
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* Apple OpenDoc 1.1 - InstallingOpenDoc.hqx
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* Apple OpenDoc 1.2 - InstallingOpenDoc1.2.hqx
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* Novell version of OpenDoc (Contains early version of SOM for Windows)
 
* Novell version of OpenDoc (Contains early version of SOM for Windows)
* IBM Windows OpenDoc. With sources OpenDoc, Bento and IBM’s sample Parts. - [http://octagram.name/pub/somobjects/od124WIN.zip OD124WIN.ZIP]
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* [[IBM OpenDoc for AIX]] - Relies on SOMTK SDK (not included) - OpenDoc.tar.Z.
* IBM AIX OpenDoc. For AIX 4.1 - Relies on SOMTK SDK (not included) - OpenDoc.tar.Z.
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* [[IBM OpenDoc for OS/2]]
* IBM OS/2 OpenDoc 1.2 - [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/dev/wps/opendc12.zip opendc12.zip]
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* IBM OpenDoc for Windows NT and Windows 95 - With sources OpenDoc, Bento and IBM’s sample Parts
  
 
==Developer Tools==
 
==Developer Tools==
* [http://os2documentation.wikinet.org/wiki/PartMeister IBM PartMeister]
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* IBM PartMeister
  
 
==Publications==
 
==Publications==
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===Books===
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* Feiler: ''Essential OpenDoc'' – Addison-Wesley 1996, ISBN 0-201-47958-3
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* Bart Jacob, Henri Jubin: ''Part Development for OpenDoc'' - Prentice Hall 1997, ISBN 0-13-263286-1
  
====Introductory articles and presentations====
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===Articles===
* [[Kurt Piersol]]:[https://web.archive.org/web/20050116222235/http://www.byte.com/art/9403/sec9/art1.htm A Close up of OpenDoc] - From [[Byte Magazine]] March 1994
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* [[Kurt Piersol]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20050116222235/http://www.byte.com/art/9403/sec9/art1.htm A Close up of OpenDoc] - from [[Byte Magazine]] (Mar 1994)
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* Atze Dijkstra: [https://web.archive.org/web/20060925172443/http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/courses/EPL603/35-OpenDoc.pdf OpenDoc Presentation] - (Mar 1998)
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* R. Tycast: ''[[OpenDoc Technology: Basic Concepts]]'' - (Mar 1994)
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* [[Elizabeth Ann Dykstra-Erickson]]; [[Dave Curbow]]: ''[http://rdcurbow.net/David/Articles/ODUserStudies.pdf Role of User Studies in Design of OpenDoc®]''
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* [[Ralph M. Pipitone]]: ''[https://web.archive.org/web/19980120020159/http://pscc.dfw.ibm.com/psmag/SEPT95/pipitone.htm OpenDoc and Human-Computer Interaction]''  - [[Personal Systems Magazine]], Sep/Oct 1995
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* Scott Tooker and Rodney Cole: [https://web.archive.org/web/20100611074615/http://maxwell.ucdavis.edu/~cole/papers/scott_fie.pdf Using OpenDoc to create low-cost physics simulation tools for secondary and higher education] - (Nov 1996)
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* Elizabeth Dykstra-Erickson, Dave Curbow, Geoff Schuller and [[Kurt Piersol]]:[http://www.rdcurbow.net/David/Articles/ODCollaboration.pdf Collaborative Aspects of OpenDoc]
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*Dave Curbow: [http://www.rdcurbow.net/David/Articles/ODLessons.pdf Lessons learned from OpenDoc]
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*Elizabeth Dykstra-Erickson; Dave Curbow: [http://www.rdcurbow.net/David/Articles/DesigningODHI.pdf Designing the OpenDoc® Human Interface]
  
====Collaborative aspects====
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;Bento
* [[Elizabeth Dykstra-Erickson]], [[Dave Curbow]], [[Geoff Schuller]] and [[Kurt Piersol]]:[http://www.rdcurbow.net/David/Articles/ODCollaboration.pdf Collaborative Aspects of OpenDoc]
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* [[Kirk Searls]]: ''[[Bento Technology]]'' (Mar 1994)
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* [http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~mm/txts/Bento-brief.txt Bento Brief] -  CILabs (Sep 1995)
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* [http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~mm/txts/Bento-design.txt Bento Design Overview] - CILabs (1995)
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* [[Matt Timmermans]]: [[SGML and OpenDoc - Bento]] (Sep 1995)
  
====Retrospectives =====
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;Open Scripting Architecture (OSA)
* [[Dave Curbow]]: [http://www.rdcurbow.net/David/Articles/ODLessons.pdf Lessons learned from OpenDoc] - In [[PDF]] format
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* [[Robert Tycast]]: [[Open Scripting Architecture: Scripting for the Masses]]
  
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* [http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/courses/EPL603/35-OpenDoc.pdf OpenDoc Presentation] by Atze Dijkstra (1998-03-31)
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* ''OpenDoc Glossary'' (Jun 1994)
* [http://maxwell.ucdavis.edu/~cole/papers/scott_fie.pdf Using OpenDoc to create low-cost physics simulation tools for secondary and higher education] by Scott Tooker and Rodney Cole (6-9 Nov 1996)
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* ''OpenDoc vs. OLE 2.0. Superior by Design. A Developer's View'' (Jan 1994)
* [http://os2documentation.wikinet.org/wiki/Bento_Brief Bento Brief] by CILabs (September 1995)
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* IBM: ''[[Side by Side Comparison - OpenDoc vs. OLE2]]'' (Nov 1993)  
* [http://os2documentation.wikinet.org/wiki/Bento_Design_Overview Bento Design Overview] by CILabs (1995)
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* Tycast: ''[[OpenDoc: An Idea Whose Time has Come!]]'' (Nov 1993)
* [http://os2documentation.wikinet.org/wiki/OpenDoc_Technology:_Basic_Concepts OpenDoc Technology: Basic Concepts] by [[Robert Tycast]] (March 1994)
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*Tantek Çelik; Dave Curbow: [http://www.mactech.com/articles/develop/issue_27/celik.html Working With OpenDoc Part Kinds]
* [http://os2documentation.wikinet.org/wiki/OpenDoc_Glossary OpenDoc Glossary] (Jun 1994)
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* [http://www.os2bbs.com/file_d/text/ODOCOL.TXT OpenDoc vs. OLE 2.0. Superior by Design. A Developer's View] by [[IBM]] (January, 1994)
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* [http://os2documentation.wikinet.org/wiki/Side_by_Side_Comparison_-_OpenDoc_vs._OLE2 Side by Side Comparison - OpenDoc vs. OLE2] (November 1993)  
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* [http://os2documentation.wikinet.org/wiki/OpenDoc:_An_Idea_Whose_Time_has_Come! OpenDoc: An Idea Whose Time has Come!] by [[Robert Tycast]] (November 1993)  
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* [http://www.mactech.com/articles/develop/issue_27/celik.html Working With OpenDoc Part Kinds] by Tantek Çelik and Dave Curbow
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* [http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.12/12.02/ObjectFlowSystem/index.html Using OpenDoc With Object Flow System (OFS) Get up and running with OpenDoc] by [[Gerry Kenner]] and [[David Kenner]].
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* [http://www.mactech.com/articles/develop/issue_28/opendoc.html The OpenDoc Road: OpenDoc Memory Management and the Toolbox] by [[Troy Gaul]] and [[Vincent Lo]] (December 1996)
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* [http://www.mactech.com/articles/develop/issue_24/lo.html Getting Started With OpenDoc Storage] by [[Vincent Lo]].
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* [http://www.mactech.com/articles/develop/issue_19/006-016_Piersol.html BUILDING AN OPENDOC PART HANDLER] by [[Kurt Piersol]].
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* [http://www.mactech.com/articles/develop/issue_21/21piersol.html Getting Started With OpenDoc Graphics] by [[Kurt Piersol]].
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* [http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.12/12.05/ODContainerInterface/index.html Rethinking the Interface. Getting the look and feel of a container application] By [[Tantek Çelik]] and [[David Curbow]].
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* [http://www.mactech.com/articles/develop/issue_26/simenel.html OpenDoc Parts and SOM Dynamic Inheritance] by [[Éric Simenel]].
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* [http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.11/11.11/OpenDocFramework/index.html The OpenDoc Development Framework. A modern framework for OpenDoc development] By [[Jim Lloyd]]
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* [http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.13/13.04/ExtendOpenDocwithSOM/index.html Using SOM to Extend Your OpenDoc Parts] by [[Gerry Kenner]], [[David Kenner]], and [[Deborah Grits]].(1997)
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* [http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.13/13.06/LinksinOpenDocParts/index.html Supporting Links in Your OpenDoc Part] by [[Mike Halpin]] and [[Elizabeth Dykstra-Erickson]].(1997)
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* OpenDoc Articles by [[Rollin White]]
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** [http://www.scoug.com/os24u/1996/scoug611.2.opendoc202.html OpenDoc 202: Writing a Part using PartMeister] (1996-Nov-11)
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** [http://www.scoug.com/os24u/1996/scoug608.2.opdoc201.html OpenDoc 201: Architecture] (1996-Aug-02)
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** [http://www.scoug.com/os24u/1996/scoug607.2.opdoc102.html OpenDoc 102: Embedded Documents] (1996-Jun-7)
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** [http://www.scoug.com/os24u/1996/scoug606.2.odoc101.html OpenDoc 101: A Technology Frontier] (1996-Jan-6)
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* [http://os2documentation.wikinet.org/wiki/Writing_OpenDoc_Part_Handlers:_Hello_World Writing OpenDoc Part Handlers: Hello World] by Robert L. Tycast (January 1995)
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* [http://os2documentation.wikinet.org/wiki/Hello_World:_Part_II,_OpenDoc_Views_and_Presentation_Types Hello World: Part II, OpenDoc Views and Presentation Types] by Robert Tycast (April 1995)
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* [http://os2documentation.wikinet.org/wiki/Understanding_How_OpenDoc_%22Ticks%22_Using_Trace_and_Debug_Tools Understanding How OpenDoc "Ticks" Using Trace and Debug Tools] by [[Robert Tycast]] (August 1995)
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* [[SGML and OpenDoc - Bento]] by [[Matt Timmermans]]  (September 1995)
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* [http://os2documentation.wikinet.org/wiki/OpenDoc_for_AIX OpenDoc for AIX] by [[Leigh Williamson]]  (April 1996)
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* [http://os2documentation.wikinet.org/wiki/OpenDoc_and_Java_Beans OpenDoc and Java Beans] By Gregg Williams (1997)
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* [http://static.userland.com/userLandDiscussArchive/msg021157.html Bento and OpenDoc] by [[David McCusker]] (Coments about IronDoc) (9/10/2000; 6:53:11 PM)
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/19980422030238/http://opendoc.apple.com/dev/faq.4.97.html Open Doc, Cyberdog, and CI Labs FAQ] by Apple (April 11, 1997)
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==Documentation==
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* Tycast: ''[[Writing OpenDoc Part Handlers: Hello World]]'' (Jan 1995)
* [http://info.wgbh.org/upf/pdfs/BentoSpec1_0d5.pdf Bento Specification](PDF) - Revision 1.0d5 - July 15, 1993 by Jed Harris and Ira Ruben. Apple Computer, Inc.
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* Tycast: ''[[Hello World: Part II, OpenDoc Views and Presentation Types]]'' (Apr 1995)
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* Tycast: ''[[Understanding How OpenDoc "Ticks" Using Trace and Debug Tools]]'' (Aug 1995)
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* Gregg Williams: ''OpenDoc and Java Beans'' (1997)
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* [http://static.userland.com/userLandDiscussArchive/msg021157.html Bento and OpenDoc] by David McCusker (Coments about IronDoc) (2000)
  
* [ftp://ftp.it.xemacs.org/%7BB/Apple/developer/Technical_Publications/Archives/OpenDoc_Class_Ref.sit.hqx Apple OpenDoc_Class_Ref.sit.hqx] - 2.24Mb - July 13 1998
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* [ftp://ftp.it.xemacs.org/%7BB/Apple/developer/Technical_Publications/Archives/OpenDoc_Cookbook.sit.hqx Apple OpenDoc_Cookbook.sit.hqx] - 3.45Mb -  July 13 1998
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* [[Dave Curbow]]: [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=6&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=curbow.INNM.&OS=IN/curbow&RS=IN/curbow Computer-human interface system which manipulates parts between a desktop and a document].
* [ftp://ftp.it.xemacs.org/%7BB/Apple/developer/Technical_Publications/Archives/OpenDoc_Programmers_Guide.sit.hqx Apple OpenDoc_Programmers_Guide.sit.hqx] - 9.44Mb - July 13 1998
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* Dave Curbow et al: [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=5,812,862.PN.&OS=PN/5,812,862&RS=PN/5,812,862 Computer-human interface system for compound documents]
* IBM OS/2 WARP and OpenDoc - SG244883-00 - 1996-12-10
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* Dave Curbow et al: [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=7&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=curbow.INNM.&OS=IN/curbow&RS=IN/curbow System for automatically embedding or incorporating contents added to a document]
* IBM Part Development for OpenDoc - SG24-4673-01 - 1997-03-12
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/19970701003423/http://www.devtools.apple.com/odf/index.html OpenDoc Development Framework ODF] - Apple Computers, Inc. (1997)
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;Marketing material
* [ftp://adelaar.handicom.nl/COMSPEC/OpenDoc/OpenDoc%.pdf  Apple Computer. OpenDoc Programmer’s Guide For the Mac OS] - Apple Computers, Inc. (December 1995)
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* CI Lab: [https://web.archive.org/web/19961031184310/http://cilabs.org/odjava/FUTURE7.pdf Java and OpenDoc Integration Roadmap] (1996)
* [http://info.wgbh.org/upf/pdfs/BentoSpec1_0d5.pdf Bento Specification Revision 1.0d5 July 15, 1993] by Jed Harris and Ira Ruben - Apple Computer, Inc.
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== Software based on OpenDoc ==
 
== Software based on OpenDoc ==
* Apple CyberDog - http://www.cyberdog.org/
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* Lotus Components
* ClarisWorks 5.0 - Never released.
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* AppleShare IP Manager from versions 5.0 to 6.2
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* WAV - word processor
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* Nisus Write
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* BBEdit Lite - Freeware text editor
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* RagTime - integrated office package with spreadsheet, publishing and image editing
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* Dock'Em  by MetaMind Software
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* WebPainter for OpenDoc
 
* WebPainter for OpenDoc
 
* [[Mesa 2]] - Spreadsheet
 
* [[Mesa 2]] - Spreadsheet
* More at: http://web.archive.org/web/19961113030921/http://opendoc.apple.com/dev/action.html
 
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
* Greg Maletic - 1995 Apple Product Marketing Manager for OpenDoc.
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* [https://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/2006/11/12/opendoc/ Greg Maletic] - 1995 Apple Product Marketing Manager for OpenDoc.
https://gregmaletic.wordpress.com/2006/11/12/opendoc/
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* David McCusker - IronDoc project
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http://web.archive.org/web/20001201192200/http://www.best.com/~mccusker/index.htm
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* Apple OpenDoc Site
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http://web.archive.org/web/19980422030132/http://opendoc.apple.com/
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==Related projects==
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* DocShell - http://sourceforge.net/p/docshell/wiki/Home/
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* IronDoc (Bento Replacement) - http://web.archive.org/web/20001202063700/http://www.best.com/~mccusker/mc/wr/irondoc.htm
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* [http://sourceforge.net/p/docshell/wiki/Home/ DocShell]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20001202063700/http://www.best.com/~mccusker/mc/wr/irondoc.htm IronDoc] (Bento Replacement) - archived
  
 
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OpenDoc logo.png

OpenDoc was a collaborative effort between Apple Computer, IBM, WordPerfect Corp. (later Novell), Sun Microsystems, XSoft and Taligent to create a vendor independent, open standard for compound documents.

Its development was later taken over by a company called Component Integration Laboratories (CI Labs) that was owned by Apple, IBM and Justsystem. For a time CIL marketed an OpenDoc/CORBA solution for Java under the Live Objects brand. The lack of sales meant that CI Labs was dissolved in 1998 and there was talk about open sourcing the code for OpenDoc and other CI Labs products but for legal reasons that never happened.

Technology

Basically an OpenDoc compound document is comprised of modules known as "Parts" that each have its own control program that is referred to as an "Editor". An OpenDoc Part can be anything a normal application would offer, eg a spreadsheet Part, a text Part, a database Part and so on, each Part can not only coexist with other parts in the compound document but they can also nest inside each other. When you open a compound document, you are effectively using a collection of Editors rather than a single program.

If no other storage format is requested or specified by the Editor the data is stored in a meta-format called Bento, that gives each Editor or Part a storage object of its own called "Storage Unit" that contains a list of properties inside it making it look like a file directory to the end user, in turn each Storage Unit is contained inside a list of SU's called Draft but in addition to operating as a sort of an index for Storage units contained inside the handles the householding of file reads and writes, but changes to a Storage Unit are not saved wholesale by a Draft but rather only the changes at each save, which in turn opens up the possibility of an almost infinite undo/redo operations.

OpenDoc received quite a bit of criticism for being overly complex for what it does. After the discontinuation of OS/2, IBM promised to open source the whole thing but that never happened, according to rumours Apple prevented them from doing so.

Collaborative editing

But there is another aspect to a compound document system and that is the possibility of collaborative editing, OpenDoc supports more that one person "owning" each document so that more than one person can work on each document at a time if the application supports it, this is more or less inherent with the external material embedded into another doucement nature of a compound document. But more interestingly even if the application in question does not support it directly more than one person can work on the same document as long as they are not working inside the same container, e.g. a graphics designer can continue to work on the graphics inside one container while the author of the text or code can carry on working inside his container.

While we do have collaborative document systems today with sundry web based services they all require access to a centralised and specialised document servers while OpenDoc and similar systems allow this by default and without the need for external mechanisms of any kind.

History

While OpenDoc is sometimes presented as an answer to Microsoft's Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technologies it actually has a history predating Microsoft's introduction of OLE and the rather weak COM model, OpenDoc's ancestry lies with the Xerox Star system which offered a rudimentary compound document system, but a number of the original OpenDoc team at Apple had worked for Xerox on the Star prior to joining Apple. What spurred them into action was the huge interest generated by the extensible objects available for the Oberon operating system and the compound documents that went with that idea, those two technologies were a hot topic in the early nineties.

The research into the Oberon extensible/compound document system eventually resulted in the Oberon/F system later commercialised under the BlackBox Oberon name, but further development of that system was hampered when Microsoft poached more or less the entire BlackBox development team from Oberon Microsystems. Noticeably the BlackBox system is easier to use and develop for, much simpler and faster than OpenDoc if not as language independent.

Developer Frameworks

  • Apple OpenDoc
  • Novell version of OpenDoc (Contains early version of SOM for Windows)
  • IBM OpenDoc for AIX - Relies on SOMTK SDK (not included) - OpenDoc.tar.Z.
  • IBM OpenDoc for OS/2
  • IBM OpenDoc for Windows NT and Windows 95 - With sources OpenDoc, Bento and IBM’s sample Parts

Developer Tools

  • IBM PartMeister

Publications

Books

Articles

Bento
Open Scripting Architecture (OSA)
More Articles
Related patents
Marketing material

Software based on OpenDoc

  • Lotus Components
  • WebPainter for OpenDoc
  • Mesa 2 - Spreadsheet

Links

  • Greg Maletic - 1995 Apple Product Marketing Manager for OpenDoc.
Related projects