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Subject: Re: [office] ODF 1.0 and IS 26300 not technically equivalent
So as not to prolong the discussion any further - this is a single, cumulative errata document for any OASIS Standard. Mary On Feb 1, 2010, at 11:06 AM, robert_weir@us.ibm.com wrote: > "Dennis E. Hamilton" <dennis.hamilton@acm.org> wrote on 02/01/2010 > 10:51:01 AM: > > >> >> PS: There is a peculiar value to a cumulative errata for the OASIS >> ODF 1.0 Standard. We will need to transform it selectively into a >> single Errata document for the OASIS ODF 1.1 Standard and take that >> to JTC1 SC34 WG6 at some point, possibly during the FPDAM process >> that amends IS 26300 to align with ODF 1.1. >> > > Sure, but the effect of a cumulative errata document can be achieved in > three ways: > > 1) by referencing the changes of previous errata in the most-recent errata > 2) by including the changes of previous errata verbatim in the most-recent > errata > 3) by merging the changes of previous errata into the most-recent errata > at the level of an individual erratum. > > These all allow the reader to derive the exact same specification in the > end. But they differ in some important ways in our ability to maintain > equivalent specifications in OASIS and JTC1. > > -Rob > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that > generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php >
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