FODS Converter
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What is a FODS file?
The FODS format is the Flat XML implementation of the OpenDocument Spreadsheet standard (ISO/IEC 26300). Unlike the standard ODS format, which utilizes a ZIP-compressed container holding multiple XML manifests and assets, FODS stores the entire spreadsheet document-including content, styles, and metadata-within a single, uncompressed human-readable XML file. This structure facilitates version control (e.g., Git) and direct XML manipulation via XSLT transformations without the need for decompression.
How to open a FODS file
FODS files are natively supported by the LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice suites, which utilize the underlying OpenDocument structure. They can also be opened in any text editor or XML parser for code-level inspection. Microsoft Excel requires third-party plugins or ODF converters to correctly interpret the Flat XML schema.
FODS Technical Info
- Full Name
- Flat OpenDocument Spreadsheet
- Developed By
- OASIS Consortium
- Initial Release
- 2005
- MIME Type
- application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet-flat-xml
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