ODF Validator

ODF Validator is a tool that validates OpenDocument files and checks them for certain conformance criteria.
Homepage:	https://odftoolkit.org/conformance/ODFValidator.html
License:	Apache License, Version 2.0
Function:	Validation,Metadata Extraction
Content type:	Document

Description

ODF Validator is a tool from the Document Foundation that validates OpenDocument files and checks them for certain conformance criteria. It is available as Java library for command line or embedded use, as well as a web application archive (WAR). ODF Validator is part of the [Apache ODF Toolkit].

User Experiences

• Test by KEEP Solutions:

Apache ODF Validator gives many false-negatives and false-positives (...) [b]ut (..) the schemas are publicly available and the method to validate is well defined by OASIS (...).

• News from the ODF toolkit at FOSDEM 2023

Development Activity

All development activity is visible on GitHub: https://github.com/tdf/odftoolkit

Release Feed

Below the last 3 release feeds:

2026-02-07 09:20:15

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/161654269/v0.13.0 odftoolkit-0.13.0]

by github-actions[bot]

2024-06-03 13:10:04

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/161654269/odftoolkit-0.12.0-docs odftoolkit-0.12.0-docs: docs: regenerate site]

by mistmist

2023-12-22 05:17:37

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/161654269/odftoolkit-0.12.0 odftoolkit-0.12.0]

by svanteschubert

Activity Feed

Below the last 5 commits:

2026-02-09 11:46:11

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/c0306d292c3d035089af3826e5e0c4657efa2a94 Fix #418: Prevent NPE in OdfTable#getRowByIndex]

by jungm https://github.com/jungm

2026-02-07 09:26:08

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/5569625cadb113902963ab9209b99984da0afbf4 Fixes #431 using updated Maven repository URLs of SonarType deployment]

by svanteschubert https://github.com/svanteschubert

2026-01-26 10:05:59

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/1518c1608713920aeafd236297ccd3925c368643 site: add 0.12.0 java doc dir to copy-odftoolkit.org.sh]

by mistmist https://github.com/mistmist

2026-01-23 18:50:01

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/9ded08c60518630bd2180a80c344fe043adfc2d0 Updating Github workflows from JDK 11 to JDK 17]

by svanteschubert https://github.com/svanteschubert

2026-01-23 18:44:17

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/47bcb8fb42e9e1a68a54d8914f20f5c04bffb774 Starting 0.14.0-SNAPSHOT, updating JDK baseline to JDK 17, switching …]

by svanteschubert https://github.com/svanteschubert

Informative references

• The Document Foundation website.