Source code directories

2005-11-15T11:50:46Z

Thb:

Below is a (somewhat terse) description of the various directories for OpenOffice source code.

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| [[agg]] || antigrain geometry lib (from http://www.antigrain.com/), a software renderer used in canvas
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| [[animation]] || Containers for the css::animation UNO API, used in slideshow and sd
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| [[autodoc]] || html pages from c++, java, idl inline documentation
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| [[automation]] ||
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| [[avmedia]] || Audio/Video media implementation - requires a working Java Media Framework (JMF)
* currently can't play streams only file-system URIs anyway.
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| [[basctl]] || controls and dialogs - basic
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| [[basegfx]] || algorithms and data types for graphics (e.g. polygons, vectors, matrices and the like - see that used in canvas)
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| [[basic]] || basic interpreter
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| [[bean]] || office bean <not useful>
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| [[beanshell]] || java interpreter - so you can write java in command shell,
* interactive java -- good for prototyping /macros
* from http://www.beanshell.org/ with some patches
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| [[berkeleydb]] || external library. http://www.sleepycat.com/products/db.shtml simple db - used for search in help and galleries
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| [[boost]] || external (C++ template) library: http://boost.org/native
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| [[bridges]] || bridges from various C++ ABIs, Java JNI, MS .Net to UNO and back. Also implementation of the UNO Remote Protocol. And in ooo-build a bridge from Mono to UNO and back.
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| [[canvas]] || new canvas implementation to improve rendering, various backends implement the new XCanvas API eg. cairo / DirectX
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| [[chart2]] || new chart not used yet (in OO.o 2.0)
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| [[cli_ure]] || Common Lang Infrastructure Uno Runtime Environment -- support assemblies and tools for the MS .Net (and Mono) UNO binding
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| [[codemaker]] || UNO interface declaration/stub generators for C++ (headers), Java (class files), ... (the one for .Net is in cli_ure)
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| [[configmgr]] || runtime - toolbar, is it gonna do spellchecking, etc.
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| [[config_office]] || build configs, configure scripts, autotools, etc.
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| [[connectivity]] || database pieces, drivers, etc.
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| [[cosv]] || "Common Services," part of [[autodoc]]
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| [[cppcanvas]] || helper C++ classes for canvas, plus a GDIMetaFile-to-XCanvas converter
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| [[cppu]] || type definitions/implementations for the core of UNO. The exported API is in C
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| [[cppuhelper]] || helpers for using cppu in C++. e.g. templates for implementing UNO components. bootstrapping stuff - get UNO up & running
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| [[cpputools]] || old way of doing component registration. nowdays another stand-alone ui & tools called UNO package
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| [[crashrep]] || reports crashes (novell disabled that)
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| [[curl]] || external library [http://curl.haxx.se curl] (a URL manipulation engine)
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| [[dbaccess]] || data base access tools
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| [[default_images]] || all images and resources
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| [[desktop]] || what used to be the desktop in SO5 - now the binary
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| [[dmake]] || the dmake tool itself, built by running 'bootstrap' after configure
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| [[dtrans]] || clipboard abstraction - data transfer
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| [[embeddedobj]] ||
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| [[embedserv]] ||
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| [[epm]] || enhanced package manager- nasty hack for packaging
* not useful - but default build uses, every linux packager disables this
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| [[eventattacher]] || how basic handles events -
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| [[expat]] || external library with added UCS2 support, ... simple SAX parser
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| [[extensions]] || browser plugin, activex control, scanner bits
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| [[external]] || placeholder for extra code needed to build
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| [[extras]] || templates, clipart galleries, palettes, symbol font etc.
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| [[fileaccess]] || tiny: implements XSimpleFileAccess interface - that makes the UCB interfaces actually usable (via UNO) and more intuitive.
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| [[filter]] || filter registration and some simple filters (also descriptions
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| [[forms]] || embedded forms control and pieces (design forms in documents, fields and database driven)
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| [[fpicker]] || native file pickers for Unix and Windows (file open dialog) GTK+, KDE, Windows
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| [[Framework]] || UI rewrite, toolbars, menus, UNO stuff, including accelerators & interaction, etc.
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| [[goodies]] || graphics filters, 3d and 2d graqphics pieces
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| [[helpcontent2]] || for OpenOffice.org 2 - english + other languages help content
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| [[hsqldb]] || external library. http://hsqldb.org/ Java database engine. Default database format for OpenOffice.org
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| [[hwpfilter]] || filter for a word processor file format popular in Korea. (Hangul Word Processor)
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| [[i18npool]] || internationalization, counting, calendaring, complex text layout
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| [[i18nutil]] || small bits of internationalization
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| [[icu]] || external library. International (IBM? ;-)) Components for Unicode http://icu.sourceforge.net/ Complex Text Layout (Indian), Information about characters, number formats, other locale information.
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| [[idl]] ||
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| [[idlc]] || idl compiler
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| [[instsetoo_native]] || install set for oo, native installers -
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| [[io]] || simple IO wrappers
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| [[javaunohelper]] || makes it easy to use UNO with java
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| [[jurt]] and [[jut]] || java related
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| [[jvmaccess]], [[jvmfwk]] || wrappers so you can use all the Java Runtime Environments with their slightly incompatible APIs with ease. Hah.
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| [[libwpd]] || external library. Not modified. http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/ wordperfect filter - SAX api - emits callbacks when things happen
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| [[libxmlsec]] || external library. (Still) heavily patched. http://www.aleksey.com/xmlsec/ to do XML signing, etc.
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| [[lingucomponent]] || spellcheck, hyphenator, thesaurus, ...
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| [[linguistic]] || ?
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| [[mathmldtd]] ||
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| [[msfontextract]] || external library. http://www.kyz.uklinux.net/libmspack/ for use in FontOOo (unpacking the downloaded Microsoft fonts (webfont))
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| [[nas]] || network audio server library
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| [[neon]] || web library to help deal with WebDAV or other protocols
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| [[netbeans_integration]] || java?
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| [[np_sdk]] || Netscape Plugin SDK. Header to build Mozilla plugins.
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| [[odk]] || office development kit - implements the first step on the way to the OpenOffice.org SDK tarball
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| [[offapi]] || all of the idl files except those in UNO calls - artificial separation
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| [[officecfg]] || defaults, the schema and settings for Openoffice
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| [[offuh]] || tiny component to build the idl into c++ headers
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| [[oocustomimages]] || themes, custom themes
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| [[packages]] || reading and writing zips
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| [[padmin]] || printer administration dialog - used lpr - obsolete with CUPS and fontconfig, but still used for some things
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| [[portaudio]] || an audio output library for various sound setups.
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| [[postprocess]] || build related dependencies -
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| [[psprint]] || postscript print - unix only - implements font discovery, interface to CUPS / lpr, query and basic PS - dump PS on print - actual PS rendering inside vcl
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| [[psprint_config]] || ppds for use by psprint when not using CUPS
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| [[pyuno]] || uno binding for python
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| [[qadev]] || ?
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| [[rdbmaker]] || makes registries for openoffice for storing type data, etc./?
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| [[readlicense_oo]] || reading oo license when starting up
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| [[regexp]] || regular expression matching
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| [[registry]] || registry reading, etc.
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| [[remotebridges]] || UNO services dealing with interprocess bridges.
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| [[rhino]] || java script engine/interpreter
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| [[ridljar]] || java thing
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| [[rsc]] || resource compiler - turns resource descriptions src and hrc files scattered throughout.
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| [[rvpapi]] || ?
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| [[sablot]] || external library. yet another xslt implementation in the tree (in C++)
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| [[sal]] || system abstraction layer - rtl, osl and sal (rtl - platform independent strings, osl - platform specific stuff, threads, dynamic loading, process, ipc, etc.). Exports only C API and some inline-methods-only C++ API
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| [[salhelper]] || C++ helpers to make use of sal easier
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| [[sandbox]] || java applet embedding stuff. Totally useless without a Sun JDK.
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| [[sane]] || external scanner library
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| [[sax]] || wrapper around expat using UNO
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| [[sc]] || calc - the Spreadsheet core
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| [[scaddins]] || extra functions for calc
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| [[sch]] || current charging engine
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| [[scp2]] || script particles - being rewritten for oo2. all of instalation was driven by starbasic - this is now in instsetoo-nativ
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| [[scripting]] || scripting framework - for java, python, etc. to play together and uses UNO - noel working on
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| [[sd]] || impress and draw components . impress think as hack on top of draw.
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| [[sdk_oo]] || software development kit OO - implements the second step on the way to the OpenOffice.org SDK tarball (see odk)
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| [[setup-native]] || ?
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| [[sfx2]] || gui code, much of which is now deprecated - list of documents open would be traceked - raw C__ code; gutsy core of document management and loading.
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| [[shell]] || system helpers - launching URI, recently used files, system integration, external mailer support, etc.
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| [[sj2]] || java?
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| [[slideshow]] || new impress slideshow engine in OO.o 2.0
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| [[smoketestoo_native]] ||
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| [[sndfile]] || soundfile - library for loading all kinds of sound - external lib
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| [[so3]] || ?
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| [[solenv]] || make and build infrastructure - solar (think: Sun or Star Division) environment
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| [[soltools]] || all sorts of build tools
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| [[solver]] || dumping ground for binaries as object output
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| [[sot]] || compound file storage tools code (?)
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| [[starmath]] || formula editor
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| [[stlport]] || external library. STL implementation, from the days when compilers had crappy implementations.
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| [[stoc]] || registries, reflection, introspection implementation for UNO
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| [[store]] || streams, mmaps, etc.
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| [[svtools]] || useful code, common dialogs, file and print dialogs, wizards, vcl filters, lots of helper code
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| [[svx]] || graphics related helper code - xoutdev - rendering - this is where a lot of wht work would happen to move to the canvas. svdraw - transparent gradient stuff . lots of the draw and impress code is in this shared lib
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| [[sw]] || writer - the word processing core
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| [[sysui]] || .desktop files for different distros
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| [[toolkit]] || abstract windowing thing- uno imples of windows stuff - so can be used from basic
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| [[tools]] || predates sal - string etc . functions, url manip, stream stuff, polygons, etc.
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| [[transex3]] || translation tools
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| [[twain]] || Windows scanner support
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| [[ucb]] || content broker (has ucp) which do things like convert files to strings in content broker world.
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| [[ucbhelper]] || C++ wrappers to help make using content providers easy
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| [[udkapi]] || low level UNO stuff API idl files
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| [[udm]] || part of [[autodoc]]
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| [[unixODBC]] || external lib
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| [[unocontrols]] || separate process and thread for progress bars, etc.
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| [[unoil]] || ?
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| [[unotools]] || helpers for C++ use of UNO
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| [[unoxml]] || UNO wrappers for XML services
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| [[unzip]] || used by installer
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| [[ure]] || beginnings of standalone UNO distribution foo.
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| [[uui]] || ?
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| [[vcl]] || base windowing toolkit abstraction Visual Class Libraries, and graphical output layer - includes backends for unix & Win32
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| [[vos]] || (virt obj system) - deprecated but still used, lots of sal like stuff
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| [[wizards]] || java wizards for db setup, importing, tutorials, etc.
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| [[writerperfect]] || word perfect filter - wrapper for libwpd
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| [[X11_extensions]] || headers for XRender support
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| [[xalan]] || external library. java xslt implementation
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| [[xmerge]] , [[xml2cmp]] || ?
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| [[xmlhelp]] || help reader and viewer for online help
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| [[xmloff]] || common xml import and export filter logic
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| [[xmlscript]] || ?
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| [[xmlSearch]] || ?"
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| [[xmlSecurity]] || document signing
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