Re: [office] Formula subcommittee status

[Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg <Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM>]

Chris Nokleberg wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 12:32:22PM +0200, Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg wrote:
> 
>>If it simplifies the processing of formula attributes, then I think it 
>>would in fact be a valid option to reserve a certain namespace prefix for 
>>the formulas defined by the OpenDocument specification itself. This would 
>>on the one hand make simplify the processing of formula attributes, but it 
>>would still allow to use other formula languages and would be compatible 
>>with the current OpenDocument spcification.
> 
> 
> I think this is a reasonable compromise. Something like "OpenFormula
> formula attribute values must use the of: namespace prefix, which must
> reference the OpenFormula namespace URI. Non-OpenFormula formulas may
> not use the of: prefix." Of course it would only simplify

I think this has to be "must not". Or "shall not", because "must" and "must 
not" are not contained in the ISO control vocabulary.

> implementations if they only wanted to handle OpenFormula, but as I
> said it's a compromise.

Michael
> 
> Chris