Editing OpenDoc (section)

{{short description|Software standard}}
{{distinguish|OpenDocument}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Refimprove|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox Software
|name = OpenDoc
|logo = OpenDoc logo.png
|caption =
|developer = [[Apple Inc.]]
|latest_release_version = 1.2.1
|latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|March 1997}}
|operating_system = [[Classic Mac OS]], [[OS/2]], [[Windows]], [[AIX]]
|genre = [[Compound document]] framework
}}
'''OpenDoc''' is a defunct multi-platform [[software componentry]] framework standard created by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] in the 1990s for [[compound document]]s, intended as an alternative to [[Microsoft]]'s proprietary [[Object Linking and Embedding]] (OLE).<ref name="appleWordperfectAnnounce">{{cite web | url=http://www.wohl.com/g0014.htm | title=Apple and WordPerfect Announce OpenDoc | author=Amy D. Wohl | date=June 1993 | work=Amy D. Wohl' Opinions | access-date=April 24, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061109195319/http://www.wohl.com/g0014.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = November 9, 2006}}</ref> It is one of Apple's earliest experiments with [[open standards]] and collaborative development methods with other companies. OpenDoc development was transferred to the non-profit Component Integration Laboratories, Inc. (CI Labs), owned by a growing team of major corporate backers and effectively starting an industry consortium. In 1992, the [[AIM alliance]] was launched by Apple, [[IBM]], and [[Motorola]], with OpenDoc as a foundation. With the return of [[Steve Jobs]] to Apple, OpenDoc was discontinued in March 1997.<ref name="Apple2003">Apple. "AppleShare IP 6.3 Does Not Require OpenDoc". Apple Support. December 18, 2003.</ref>