Project Areas of Apache OpenOffice

This page lists some of the main project areas of Apache OpenOffice categorized by function. Please see the Get Involved page for more information on how to participate in any of these areas.

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A complete list of all public projects:

Accepted Projects: those projects that include core technical projects as well as key user information projects
Incubator Projects: projects that may be experimental or of limited focus
Native-Lang Projects: language and support projects - these normally have discussions in that language

Product Development

Project	Short Name	Description
Security	security	To improve security and privacy features in OpenOffice.org
Performance	performance	To improve the performance of OpenOffice.org
Word Processing	sw	The word processing application Writer the formula editor Math.
Spreadsheet	sc	The spreadsheet application Calc.
Graphic Applications	graphics	The Graphic applications like Impress, Draw and Chart.
Graphic System Layer	gsl	The Graphic System Layer (GSL) project is an umbrella project to provide graphic output on different devices. Graphic output refers to a range of operations starting from simple line drawing to complex raster operations.
Base / Database Access	dba	Base is OpenOffice.org's database application. Additionally, this project provides the other applications with access to a variety of relational data sources in various formats.
API	api	The application programming interface.
Application Framework	framework	This project contains modules that define the general behaviour of the OpenOffice application components ( Writer, Calc etc. )
Build Tools and Environment	tools	The tools used in the build process and the build environment.
Quality Assurance	qa	Quality Assurance: testing and qualifying all builds of OpenOffice.org.
UNO Development Kit / Component Technology	udk	Object model development and component technology. Includes the old OI and Scripting projects.
User Experience	ux	The main goal of the User Experience Team is to make OpenOffice.org the best office suite in terms of usability, productivity and enjoyment.
User Interface	ui	Common user interface for OpenOffice.org applications.
XML Project	xml	The OpenOffice.org XML project is the home of of XML related features of OpenOffice.org, like its OASIS OpenDocument/ISO/IEC 26300 file format implementation. It further provides some XML base implementations, like XML parser and printer components.

Extension Development

Project	Short Name	Description
Extensions	extensions	The purpose of this project is to help produce, organize and deploy extensions. An extension is a third party tool that brings OOo new functionality. This can be done through addons, addins, deployed by UNO packages. Extensions also covers templates and galleries.
External	external	This project will host all the external code allowed.
Universal Content Broker	ucb	Allows the applications to transparently access content with different structures.
Bibliographic Project	bibliographic	To provide integrated bibliographic functionality in OpenOffice.org.

Language Development and Support

Project	Short Name	Description
Localization	l10n	The major target of the L10N and I18N project is to provide tools and workflows for localization (l10n) and internationalization (i18n).
Native Language Confederation	native-lang	The Native-Language Confederation includes the communities of users, developers, documentation writers and marketers contributing to OpenOffice.org in their own languages worldwide
Lingucomponent	lingucomponent	Lingucomponent is charged with creating dictionaries, thesauri, and other related tools.

Distribution

Project	Short Name	Description
Porting	porting	Porting to new platforms. Includes Mac Porting Project .
Installation	installation	Creating the installation set.
Distribution	distribution	The purpose of Distribution Project is to establish policy and consolidate areas and links relating to the distribution of OpenOffice.org. Distribution includes the Mirrors Project, CD-ROM Project, OEM Project, and P2P Project.

Helping Users

Project	Short Name	Description
Support	support	Support options for endusers from professional companies to community volunteers.
Documentation	documentation	End-user documentation for the various components making up OpenOffice.org.

Promotion

Project	Short Name	Description
Certification	certification	To certify organizations providing support, training, and related services for users.
Marketing	marketing	The project for furthering the growth and use of OpenOffice.org technology. Efforts include: developing collateral, logos, public outreach. This project includes the Art sub-project, which is responsible for all OpenOffice.org artwork.

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