The document presents the LPOD project, which aims to develop an OpenDocument library for Python, Perl, and Ruby. The objectives are to provide a common API for these languages for OpenDocument files and implement a high-level, business intelligence oriented API. The project is supported by French organizations and includes members from 4 companies and 4 public research laboratories. It takes a top-down, multilingual approach to strictly implement the ODF standard and extend its usage beyond traditional office documents.