| Oracle® Text Reference 10g Release 1 (10.1) Part Number B10730-02 |
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| Oracle® Text Reference 10g Release 1 (10.1) Part Number B10730-02 |
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This appendix contains a list of the document formats supported by the Inso filtering technology. The following topics are covered in this appendix:
Oracle Text uses document filtering technology licensed from Stellent Chicago, Inc. This filtering technology enables you to index most document formats. This technology also enables you to convert documents to HTML for document presentation with the CTX_DOC package. The software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.
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See Also: For a list of supported formats, see "Supported Document Formats". |
To use Inso filtering for indexing and DML processing, you must specify the INSO_FILTER object in your filter preference.
To use Inso filtering technology for converting documents to HTML with the CTX_DOC package, you need not use the INSO_FILTER indexing preference, but you must still set up your environment to use this filtering technology as described in this appendix.
To convert documents to HTML format, Inso filtering technology relies on shared libraries and data files licensed from Stellent Chicago, Inc.
The following sections discuss the supported platforms and how to enable Inso filtering on the different platforms.
The supported platforms and formats listed in this appendix apply for this release. These supported formats are updated for patch releases. To view the latest formats, refer to the Oracle Technology Network:
http://otn.oracle.com/products/text/content.html
Several platforms can take advantage of Inso filter technology.
Inso filter technology is supported on the following platforms:
Sun Solaris on SPARC 32-bit and 64-bit (6 - 9.0)
IBM AIX 32-bit and 64-bit (4.3, 5.1, 5.2)
HP-UX 32-bit and 64-bit (10.0 - 11.0)
Red Hat Linux on Intel x86 (7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 9.0)
SuSE Linux on Intel x86 (7.x and 8.x)
Microsoft Windows (32-bit)
Windows NT (4.0 and above)
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 98SE
Windows ME
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows 2003
Microsoft Windows (64-bit)
Windows .Net Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
The tables in this section list the document formats that Oracle Text supports for filtering. Document filtering is used for indexing, DML, and for converting documents to HTML with the CTX_DOC package. This filtering technology is based on Outside In HTML Export and Outside In Viewer Technology, licensed from Stellent Chicago, Inc.
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Note: These lists do not represent the complete list of formats that Oracle Text is able to process. The external filter framework enables Oracle Text to process any document format, provided an external filter exists that can filter all the formats to text. |
| Format | Version |
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| ASCII Text | 7- & 8-bit |
| ANSI Text | 7- & 8-bit |
| Unicode Text | All versions |
| HTML | Versions through 3.0 (some limitations) |
| IBM Revisable Form Text | All versions |
| IBM FFT | All versions |
| Microsoft Rich Text Format (RTF) | All versions |
| WML | Version 5.2 |
| Format | Version |
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| DEC WPS Plus (WPL) | Versions through 4.1 |
| DEC WPS Plus (DX) | Versions through 4.0 |
| DisplayWrite 2 & 3 (TXT) | All versions |
| DisplayWrite 4 & 5 | Versions through Release 2.0 |
| Enable | Versions 3.0, 4.0 and 4.5 |
| First Choice | Versions through 3.0 |
| Framework | Version 3.0 |
| IBM Writing Assistant | Version 1.01 |
| Lotus Manuscript | Version 2.0 |
| MASS11 | Versions through 8.0 |
| Microsoft Word | Versions through 6.0 |
| Microsoft Works | Versions through 2.0 |
| MultiMate | Versions through 4.0 |
| Navy DIF | All versions |
| Nota Bene | Version 3.0 |
| Novell Word Perfect | Versions through 6.1 |
| Office Writer | Version 4.0 to 6.0 |
| PC-File Letter | Versions through 5.0 |
| PC-File+ Letter | Versions through 3.0 |
| PFS:Write | Versions A, B, and C |
| Professional Write | Versions through 2.1 |
| Q&A | Version 2.0 |
| Samna Word | Versions through Samna Word IV+ |
| SmartWare II | Version 1.02 |
| Sprint | Versions through 1.0 |
| Total Word | Version 1.2 |
| Volkswriter 3 & 4 | Versions through 1.0 |
| Wang PC (IWP) | Versions through 2.6 |
| WordMARC | Versions through Composer Plus |
| WordStar | Versions through 7.0 |
| WordStar 2000 | Versions through 3.0 |
| XyWrite | Versions through III Plus |
| Format | Version |
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| Hangul | Version 97 |
| Novell/Corel WordPerfect for Windows | Versions through 11 |
| JustWrite | Versions through 3.0 |
| JustSystems Ichitaro | Version 5.0, 6.0, 8.0, 9.0, and 10.0 |
| Legacy | Versions through 1.1 |
| Lotus AMI/AMI Professional | Versions through 3.1 |
| Lotus WordPro (Non-32-bit-Windows platforms are Text-only) | Version 96 through Millennium Edition 9.6 |
| Microsoft Works for Windows | Versions through 4.0 |
| Microsoft Windows Write | Versions through 3.0 |
| Microsoft Word for Windows | Versions through 2003 |
| Microsoft WordPad | All versions |
| Novell Perfect Works | Version 2.0 |
| Professional Write Plus | Version 1.0 |
| Q&A Write for Windows | Version 3.0 |
| StarOffice Writer for Windows and UNIX (Text only) | Version 5.2 |
| WordStar for Windows | Version 1.0 |
| Adobe FrameMaker (MIF) | Version 6.0 |
| Format | Version |
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| Microsoft Word for Mac | Versions 3.0 - 4.0, 98, 2001 |
| Novell WordPerfect | Versions 1.02 through 3.0 |
| Microsoft Works for Mac | Versions through 2.0 |
| MacWrite II | Version 1.1 |
| Format | Version |
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| Enable | Versions 3.0, 4.0 and 4.5 |
| First Choice | Versions through 3.0 |
| Framework | Version 3.0 |
| Lotus 1-2-3 (DOS & Windows) | Versions through 5.0 |
| Lotus 1-2-3 for SmartSuite | Version 97 - Millennium 9.6 |
| Lotus 1-2-3 Charts (DOS & Windows) | Versions through 5.0 |
| Lotus 1-2-3 (OS/2) | Versions through 2.0 |
| Lotus Symphony | Versions 1.0,1.1 and 2.0 |
| Microsoft Excel Windows | Versions 2.2 through 2003 |
| Microsoft Excel Macintosh | Versions 3.0 - 4.0,98 and 2001 |
| Microsoft Excel Charts | Versions 2.x - 7.0 |
| Microsoft Multiplan | Version 4.0 |
| Microsoft Works for Windows | Versions through 4.0 |
| Microsoft Works (DOS) | Versions through 2.0 |
| Microsoft Works (Mac) | Versions through 2.0 |
| Mosaic Twin | Version 2.5 |
| Novell Perfect Works | Version 2.0 |
| Quattro Pro for DOS | Versions through 5.0 |
| Quattro Pro for Windows | Versions through 11 |
| PFS:Professional Plan | Version 1.0 |
| SuperCalc 5 | Version 4.0 |
| SmartWare II | Version 1.02 |
| StarOffice Calc for Windows and UNIX | Version 5.2 |
| VP Planner 3D | Version 1.0 |
| Format | Version |
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| Access | Versions through 2.0 |
| dBASE | Versions through 5.0 |
| DataEase | Version 4.x |
| dBXL | Version 1.3 |
| Enable | Versions 3.0, 4.0 and 4.5 |
| First Choice | Versions through 3.0 |
| FoxBase | Version 2.1 |
| Framework | Version 3.0 |
| Microsoft Works for Windows | Versions through 4.0 |
| Microsoft Works (DOS) | Versions through 2.0 |
| Microsoft Works (Mac) | Versions through 2.0 |
| Paradox (DOS) | Versions through 4.0 |
| Paradox (Windows) | Versions through 1.0 |
| Personal R:BASE | Version 1.0 |
| R:BASE 5000 | Versions through 3.1 |
| R:BASE System V | Version 1.0 |
| Reflex | Version 2.0 |
| Q & A | Versions through 2.0 |
| SmartWare II | Version 1.02 |
| Format | Version |
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| PDF - Portable Document Format | Adobe Acrobat Versions through 6.0 including Chinese (simplified and traditional), Japanese, Korean, and read-only PDF
Encrypted (password protected) PDF is not supported. PDF containing embedded fonts without included character mapping is partially supported: characters that are represented by means of embedded fonts without included character mapping show up as meaningless output; however, all remaining characters (if any) in such a PDF document are still filtered correctly. |
| Format | Version |
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| Corel/Novell Presentations | Versions through 11 |
| Harvard Graphics for DOS | Versions 2.x & 3.x |
| Harvard Graphics for Windows | Windows versions |
| Freelance for Windows | Versions through Millennium 9.6 |
| Freelance for OS/2 | Versions through 2.0 |
| Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows | Versions 3.0 through 2003 |
| Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh | Version 4.0 and 2001 |
| StarOffice Impress for Windows and UNIX | Version 5.2 |
The following table lists the graphic formats that the INSO filter recognizes. This means that indexing a text column that contains any of these formats produces no error. As such, it is safe for the column to contain any of these formats.
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Note: The INSO filter cannot extract textual information from graphics. |
Table B-1 Supported Graphics Formats for INSO Filter
| Graphics Format | Version |
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| Adobe Photoshop (PSD) | Version 4.0 |
| Adobe Illustrator | Versions through 7.0, 9.0 |
| Adobe FrameMaker graphics (FMV) | Vector/raster through 5.0 |
| Ami Draw (SDW) | Ami Draw |
| AutoCAD Interchange and Native Drawing formats (DXF and DWG) | AutoCAD Drawing Versions 2.5-2.6, 9.0 - 14.0, 2000i and 2002 |
| AutoShade Rendering (RND) | Version 2.0 |
| Binary Group 3 Fax | All versions |
| Bitmap (BMP, RLE, ICO, CUR, OS/2 DIB & WARP) | No specific version |
| CALS Raster (GP4) | Type I and Type II |
| Corel Clipart format (CMX) | Versions 5 through 6 |
| Corel Draw (CDR) | Versions 6.0 - 8.0 |
| Corel Draw (CDR with TIFF header) | Versions 2.0 - 9.0 |
| Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) | ANSI, CALS NIST version 3.0 |
| Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) | TIFF header only |
| Graphics Environment Manager (GEM) | Bitmap & vector |
| GEM Paint (IMG) | No specific version |
| Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) | No specific version |
| Hewlett Packard Graphics Language (HPGL) | Version 2 |
| IBM Graphics Data Format (GDF) | Version 1.0 |
| IBM Picture Interchange Format (PIF) | Version 1.0 |
| Initial Graphics Exchange Spec (IGES) | Version 5.1 |
| JFIF (JPEG not in TIFF format) | All versions |
| JPEG (Including EXIF) | No specific version |
| Kodak Flash Pix (FPX) | No specific version |
| Kodak Photo CD (PCD) | Version 1.0 |
| Lotus Snapshot | All versions |
| Lotus PIC | No specific version |
| Macintosh PICT1 & PICT2 | Bitmap only |
| MacPaint (PNTG) | No specific version |
| Micrografx Draw (DRW) | Versions through 4.0 |
| Micrografx Designer (DRW) | Versions through 3.1 |
| Micrografx Designer (DSF) | Windows 95, version 6.0 |
| Novell PerfectWorks (Draw) | Version 2.0 |
| OS/2 PM Metafile (MET) | Version 3.0 |
| Paint Shop Pro 6 (PSP) (Windows platform only) | Versions5.0 - 6.0 |
| PC Paintbrush (PCX and DCX) | No specific version |
| Portable Bitmap (PBM) | All versions |
| Portable Graymap (PGM) | No specific version |
| Portable Network Graphics (PNG) | Version 1.0 |
| Portable Pixmap (PPM) | No specific version |
| Postscript (PS) | Level II |
| Progressive JPEG | No specific version |
| Sun Raster (SRS) | No specific version |
| TIFF | Versions through 6 |
| TIFF CCITT Group 3 & 4 | Versions through 6 |
| Truevision TGA (TARGA) | Version 2 |
| Visio (Preview) | Version 4 |
| Visio | Versions 5, 2000 and 2002 |
| WBMP | No specific version |
| Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF) | No specific version |
| Windows Metafile (WMF) | No specific version |
| WordPerfect Graphics (WPG & WPG2) | Versions through 2.0 |
| X-Windows Bitmap (XBM) | x10 compatible |
| X-Windows Dump (XWD) | x10 compatible |
| X-Windows Pixmap (XPM) | x10 compatible |
