@office:process-content / schema defect? (ODF 1.2 CD01)

["Alex Brown" <alexb@griffinbrown.co.uk>]

Dear all,

1.4.5 has this:

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Foreign elements may have an office:process-content attribute attached
that has the value true or false. If the attribute's value is true, the
element's content may be interpreted by conforming processors regardless
of its ancestor elements. If the attribute's value is false, conforming
processors should not interpret the element's content, but may only
preserve its content, regardless of the foreign element's ancestor
elements.

The office:process-content attribute is deprecated.

Note: In OpenDocument 1.0 and 1.1, the content of foreign elements
should be process unless there was an office:process-content attribute
with value false.
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* Suggested re-write of first para:

Conforming OpenDocument consumers may interpret foreign elements that
have an office:process-content attribute with a value of "true". They
shall not interpret, but may preserve, foreign elements that have an
office:process-content attribute with a value of "false".

* In para 2, this is the first use of the word "deprecated" in the spec.
What are the semantics of deprecation in ODF? This should be clearly
defined. In general, the text would be greatly improved in quality if it
had a formal Terms and Definitions section as per the ISO/IEC
Directives.

* I believe the note that ends this extract is unhelpful and should be
removed. It is not the function of a specification to offer passing
commentary on how it differs from some of its predecessor versions.
However, if this note remains then "process" -> "processed".

* In the schema accompanying the spec, the following pattern is
declared:

<define name="office-process-content">
    <optional>
        <attribute name="office:process-content" a:defaultValue="true">
            <ref name="boolean"/>
        </attribute>
    </optional>
</define>

However this pattern is not subsequently used and so will never play any
part in validation -- it is useless as is. Was the intent here to
enforce the values of the office:process-content attribute described
above?

I note the attribute declared here has a default value of "true", was
the intent to convey that foreign elements not having this attribute,
should be processed in the same was as if the attribute was always
present with a value of "true" ?

- Alex.