Re: [office] Errata: Substantive Schema Change in 15.27.22?

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

Hi all,

I did some research, and noticed that we by intention did not include 
this schema change into ODF 1.0 2nd edition, but ODF 1.1 only:

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/200605/msg00098.html

I therefore suggest that we do not revert this decision, but simply omit 
that change in the errata.

Best regards

Michael



On 09/25/08 03:19, Patrick Durusau wrote:
> Dennis,
> 
> Well, while I agree as to what the OASIS rules say now, isn't it simply 
> the case that we need a new set of rules?
> 
> Why not use this to illustrate how lame the current errata process is in 
> fact and suggest a new set of rules that cover both editorial as well as 
> technical errors.
> 
> My suggestion would be to have editorial errors, for either committee 
> specifications or OASIS standards to be approved only by a TC vote. 
> Technical errors would require a TC vote and then a thirty day default 
> ballot of the general membership (in other words, if you don't vote, you 
> automatically approve). Simply majority wins.
> 
> That would put all fixes within a 45 day time frame, assuming we all 
> moved at top speed.
> 
> True, we would have to define editorial and technical but I suspect we 
> could steal something along those lines. All told, less than a page of 
> text and a process that would get TC's back into the business of fixing 
> their work and out of the check list chase that is the present process.
> 
> I can outline a proposed new errata process along the lines I suggest 
> above fairly quickly if anyone is interested in pursuing a more 
> systematic solution.
> 
> Hope you are having a great day!
> 
> Patrick
> 
> Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
>> While we are thinking this over prior to the next call, I have some 
>> further
>> observations:
>>
>> 1. The only schema file for ODF 1.0 on the OASIS site has the -treshold
>> spelling (although the 1.1 schema has -threshold).  This is not 
>> normative,
>> but it is something to keep in mind.
>>
>> 2. We do not know if translations of the specification carry the 
>> -treshold
>> and -threshold spellings in literal attribute names and translate 
>> otherwise
>> when threshold is used in the title and in the prose.  So a developer
>> concluding there is a misspelling in the schema may be a little less
>> obvious.
>>
>> 3. If no ODF 1.0 implementation has ever supported 
>> style:wrap="dynamic" we
>> would be off the hook.  The one problem is with ODF 1.0 implementations
>> evidently still being provided and used in order to be IS 26300 
>> compliant.
>>  - Dennis
>>
>> PS: I agree that the easiest way out of this situation is if we could 
>> simply
>> make the correction in the ODF 1.0 specifications.  Other resolutions 
>> (since
>> it is changed in 1.1 and we expect that change to continue into 1.2) 
>> are far
>> messier (unless the feature is still not implemented).
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM [mailto:Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM] 
>> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/200809/msg00083.html
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 04:49
>> To: Doug Mahugh
>> Cc: Andreas J. Guelzow; office@lists.oasis-open.org
>> Subject: Re: [office] Errata: Substantive Schema Change in 15.27.22?
>>
>> [ ... ]
>>
>> The section in question reads as follows:
>>
>> *****
>> Dynamic Wrap Threshold
>>
>> The style:wrap-dynamic-threshold attribute is evaluated only if the
>> style:wrap attribute has a value of dynamic. It specifies the minimum
>> distance between the page or column border and the object for which
>> wrapping will be enabled.
>> <define name="style-graphic-properties-attlist" combine="interleave">
>>     <optional>
>>         <attribute name="style:wrap-dynamic-treshold">
>>             <ref name="nonNegativeLength"/>
>>         </attribute>
>>     </optional>
>> </define>
>> ******
>>
>> The error report in question is:
>>
>> ******
>> The first para in 15.27.22 says style:wrap-dynamic-threshold, while
>> the schema fragment in this subsection says style:wrap-dynamic-treshold.
>> ("h" between "t" and "r" is missing.)
>> ******
>>
>> We have spelled the attribute name correctly one time (in the
>> description), and one time incorrectly (in the schema). The heading also
>> says "Threshold". This means that the spelling in fact is inconsistent,
>> and the question actually is what implementors reading the specification
>> would assume what the name of the attribute is. My personal opinion is
>> that implementors notice the inconsistency, assume that it was not our
>> intention to misspell the attribute, and implement it with the correct
>> spelling. I further would assume that they do not implement a misspelled
>> attribute name (if the spelling is correct in the description) without
>> notifying us about the issue or asking us what our intention was. I
>> therefore think that the correction of the misspelled word is not
>> substantive, even if it occurs in the schema. Please note that my
>> conclusion would be different if either "treshold" would be a correct
>> spelled word, or if we would have misspelled it in the description and
>> the heading, too.
>>
>> Anyway that is my personal opinion, and I do understand that others come
>> to a different conclusion.
>>
>> My suggestion for resolving this issue is that we continue to discuss
>> this on the mailing list until the end of this week. We may then have a
>> small ballot in the TC on Monday whether or not to include this
>> resolution in the errata before we conduct the other three votes
>> required to start a public review of the draft.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> [ ... ]
>>
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