Re: [office] Are all charts always backed by a table?

[Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>]

Dave,

Dave Pawson wrote:
> 2008/8/12 Peter Korn <Peter.Korn@sun.com>:
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>> So if I understand this exchange correctly, all the info is required as per
>> the ODF spec.,
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> Not quite Peter. The spec states that the table 'may' be in one
> location or another.
> There is no requirement (shall statement) for a vendor to provide the
> data as a table.
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If a vendor is conforming to the standard and the standard says data for 
a chart is in a table in the <chart:chart> element or in a <table:table> 
element in the containing document (since a chart is a document in its 
own right) that is addressed with a table:cell-address-range attribute, 
where else do you think a vendor is going to store the data and claim 
conformance to ODF 1.2?

All chart data is stored in table. (full stop) How it is addressed, 
either as a table within the chart document or as a range of cells in a 
table in the containing document is the only difference.

What language would you suggest if the something along the foregoing 
lines is insufficient?

Hope you are having a great day!

Patrick



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