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<!DOCTYPE document PUBLIC "-//APACHE//DTD Documentation V1.1//EN" "./dtd/document-v11.dtd">
<document>
<header>
<title>Overview</title>
<authors>
<person id="AO" name="Andrew C. Oliver" email="acoliver@apache.org"/>
</authors>
</header>
<body>
<section><title>What is it?</title>
<p>The POI project is the master project for developing pure
Java ports of file formats based on Microsoft's OLE 2 Compound
Document Format. OLE 2 Compound Document Format is used by
Microsoft Office Documents, as well as by programs using MFC
property sets to serialize their document objects.
</p>
</section>
<section><title>Sub-Projects</title>
<p>
There following are ports, packages or components contained in the POI project.
</p>
<section><title>POIFS</title>
<p>
<link href="poifs/index.html">POIFS</link> is the set of APIs
for reading and writing OLE 2 Compound Document Formats using (only) Java.
</p>
</section>
<section><title>HSSF</title>
<p>
<link href="hssf/index.html">HSSF</link> is the set of APIs
for reading and writing Microsoft Excel 97(-XP) spreadsheet using (only) Java.
</p>
</section>
<section><title>HDF</title>
<p>
<link href="hdf/index.html">HDF</link> is the set of APIs
for reading and writing Microsoft Word 97(-XP) spreadsheet using (only) Java.
</p>
</section>
<section><title>HPSF</title>
<p>
<link href="hpsf/index.html">HPSF</link> is the set of APIs
for reading property sets using (only) Java.
</p>
</section>
<section><title>POI-Utils</title>
<p>
<link href="utils/index.html">POI-Utils</link> are general purpose artifacts
from POI development that have not yet been implemented elsewhere. We're
always looking to donate these and maintain them as part of a general library
used in another project. These are things we need to complete our mission but
are generally outside of it.
</p>
</section>
</section>
</body>
<footer>
<legal>
Copyright (c) @year@ The POI Project All rights reserved.
$Revision$ $Date$
</legal>
</footer>
</document>