OpenDoc was a multi-platform software componentry framework standard

OpenDoc was a multi-platform software componentry framework standard
for compound documents, intended as an alternative to Microsoft's
Object Linking and Embedding (OLE).

The basic idea of OpenDoc was to create small, reusable components,
responsible for a specific task, such as text editing, bitmap editing
or browsing an FTP server. OpenDoc provided a framework in which these
components could run together, and a document format for storing the
data created by each component. These documents could then be opened
on other machines, where the OpenDoc frameworks would substitute
suitable components for each part, even if they were from different
vendors. In this way users could "build up" their documents from
parts. Since there was no main application and the only visible
interface was the document itself, the system was known as document
centered.

It was envisioned that OpenDoc would allow smaller, third-party
developers to enter the office software market, able to build one good
editor instead of having to provide a complete suite.

The 1st download is OpenDoc Essentials Kit 1.0.1 (PPC-only).
The 2nd download is OpenDoc 1.2 (Runtime).
The 3rd download is OpenDoc 1.1 (Installer).

We are still in search of the Developer Kit for OpenDoc; if you have
it please do upload it to this page !

See also: [Cyberdog 1.x][1], [Cyberdog 2.0][2], [Bento (OpenDoc)
v1.0d5][3], [ClarisWorks 5 (OpenDoc)][4], [BBEdit Lite for
OpenDoc][5].

Compatibility
Architecture: 68k PPC

Macintosh or Power Macintosh

[1]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/cyberdog-121
[2]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/cyberdog-20
[3]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/bento-opendoc-v10d5
[4]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/clarisworks-5-opendoc
[5]: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/bbedit-lite-open-doc-1