Re: [office] FO properties

[Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>]

Dave,

Dave Pawson wrote:
> 2008/11/10 Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg
> <Michael.Brauer@sun.com>:
>
>   
>>> One item of particular concern is that we don't generally support the
>>> value "inherit" for any FO attributes.
>>>       
>> That is not specific to FO attributes. This also applies to those SVG
>> attributes that are "properties" in SVG terminology. Most of them do also
>> support a value "inherit" that ODF does not support.
>>     
>
> Just how much do you want ODF to diverge from existing standards?
>
>   
ODF 1.2 doesn't answer that question.

ODF 1.2 is seeking to clearly answer the question: How far does ODF 
diverge from existing standards?

That is to say that ODF 1.2 is a backwards compatible release with new 
features that attempts to fully document what was said in the prior 
versions.

I appreciate your point that we should diverge less if at all but that 
awaits ODF 1.3/2.0 when we can make substantive changes in how we use 
materials from other standards.

Hope you are having a great day!

Patrick

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Patrick Durusau
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