Create openoffice .odt document with Python

Create openoffice .odt document with Python

How can I create an open office .odt file from Python?
I'm looking at this http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Python, but am
confused. I've already got Python 2.7 so where do I go from here? The
above link talks about Open Office shipping with Python. Have I already
got it?? And do I even need OpenOffice? Isn't there just some template,
some way that a document needs to look like so it will will recognized as
odt? Would I need the actual editor?
I'd like something like https://github.com/mikemaccana/python-docx, but
for Open Office.
Sorry for this open ended question, but I really have looked around and
feel that I am missing some vital link/understanding about what is
required.