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Subject: #6.4 Errata comment - property vs. attribute
Re: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office-comment/200808/msg00059.html This comment resulted from some awkwardness around use of attribute versus property: ODF 1.0 IS 26300 Section page line page line 15.30.9 661 46 674 12 The original section has the following text: 15.30.9 Lines (line 44) 45: The chart:lines property determines whether connecting lines between data points are 46: shown. The line interpolation is determined by the chart:splines property. Current change: 1. "chart:splines" in line 46 is replaced by "chart:interpolation" 2. The occurrence of "property" at the end of the paragraph is replaced by "attribute." Recommendation: Make current change (1). Leave "property" alone. Work this over in 1.2 if appropriate. Discussion and Rationale: While it is appropriate to use the term attribute, it is not clear why this change is made and no other occurrences of "property" in conjunction with attribute names are changed, not even the one in line 45. Furthermore, chart:interpolation is defined under section 15.30.7 Line Chart Properties. (Note the "chart:interplation" misspelling in the first line of that section.) My interpretation: Changing from "property" to "attribute" here suggests a technical usage that has "attribute" be important here and not in other places where property is used. I suspect there is a technical difference and that there needs to be a clear, consistent language around the use of the two terms. I don't think this is the time or place to draw attention to that with incomplete changes. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: robert_weir@us.ibm.com [mailto:robert_weir@us.ibm.com] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 10:24 To: Dennis E. Hamilton; Sheldon Britton; Dave Pawson; eb2m-mrt@asahi-net.or.jp Cc: office@lists.oasis-open.org; office-comment@lists.oasis-open.org; Mary McRae Subject: [office] ODF 1.0 Approved Errata 01 -- Public review comments [ ... ] The following comments were received during the ODF 1.0 Approved Errata 01 document public review period: [ ... ] [#6] Dennis E. Hamilton: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office-comment/200808/msg00059.html [ ... ]
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