To: OpenDoc Development Framework Discussion List, ODF-Interest@CILabs.
Martin, Bill & the Sigma4 gang recently said:
"Forgot to ask about a "Theory of Ops" manual. What I'd really like is to
find out _why_ things in ODF are done the way they are so that I can follow
the "spirit" of the Framework, rather than fighting it."
I've recently been exposed to a publication named "Design Patterns" (Addison-Wesley). I believe that this book goes a long way of explaining some of ODF's architecture, although I'm not sure that the ODF architects were familiar with it. It'd be interesting for such an architect to indicate the influence (if any) of this book on the framework design.
