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Subject: EBNF (ODF all versions)

From: "Alex Brown" <alexb@griffinbrown.co.uk>
To: <office-comment@lists.oasis-open.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:13:37 -0000

Dear all,

- Part 1 of ODF appears to use EBNF syntax (e.g. for the
draw:glue-points clause)

- Part 2 states that it uses "the BNF notation of the XML specification"

- Part 3 appears not to use (E)BNF

No part contains a normative reference to an EBNF syntax - they should.
If destined for JTC 1 should this be "ISO/IEC 14977 Syntactic
metalanguage - Extended BNF" [1] ?

- Alex.

[1]
http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/s026153_ISO_IEC
_14977_1996(E).zip