Re: [office] Clarification request for 17.5

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

David Faure wrote:
> The spec (both 1.0 and 1.1) has the following sentence in 17.5
> 
>   "The following restrictions exist for IRIs that are used within a package:
>    "• only sub files within the same package can be referenced."
> 
> If I stopped reading here I'd conclude that I can not reference a 
> file that is not in the package.  It's clear that this interpretation is 
> not correct, because the rest of the section clearly states that external 
> URIs may be referenced. However it is very confusing that the spec seems 
> to contradict itself on first reading.
> 
> So, I'd like to propose to replace that first bullet with:
> • the only sub files that can be referenced are those that are in the same 
> package

What about

• only sub files within the same package and external files can be referenced

or

• only sub files within the same package and files outside the package can be 
referenced

> 
> I make this suggestion after at least 2 different people argued based on a 
> misinterpretation of this sentence.
> 

Michael