The lpOD project contributes to the expansion of the OpenDocument Format ecosystem through its implementation of the ISO standard ISO/IEC 26300.

• Defining a Free Software API for the ISO standard ISO/IEC 26300 (ODF)
• Developing and validating an implementation for higher level use cases

The main characteristics of the lpOD project's are:

• Cooperation with the OASIS Consortium's ODF Technical Committees and the ODF Toolkit's Union.
• Multilingual approach (Python, Perl, Ruby) with
  • upstream design of the common base
  • Free Software development: GPL v3, Apache V2.0
• Validation of advanced users' needs by research laboratories and corporate users
• Software development project management based on short iterations, Xtreme programming and Free Software practices.

The general approach to this project relies on four main principles:

• Strict implementation of the ISO/IEC 26300 standard
• Business needs validation for high level features
• Development of Free Software libraries
• Libraries are designed for REST services