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:

2026-08-24 20:21:07

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/7cf7a0ba6432268628cf3c8c066234c9ede7e624 Workflow: Move SonarCloud analysis to the TDF organization]

by svanteschubert https://github.com/svanteschubert

2026-08-23 08:10:06

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/c7646a380e7ac3c15564e4fd87e5710d1761c39c Fix #443: add missing % to nonNegativePercent pattern in ODF 1.4 schema]

by foolfitz https://github.com/foolfitz

2026-04-10 13:01:18

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/cfd3a9fbbda351fad38aad5e112e3598d08e23f0 Disable module path in surefire/failsafe test runs]

by xzel23 https://github.com/xzel23

2026-04-10 13:01:18

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/54f4f119d621f9f428720d24c5493ef12e42deef fix jena test dependency usage in odfdom]

by xzel23 https://github.com/xzel23

2026-04-10 13:01:18

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/158fc7046bfda4ae7afcb78daf66d44d4d1c5eef fix module name for apache validator; add bouncycastle provider]

by xzel23 https://github.com/xzel23

Informative references

• The Document Foundation website.