Re: [office] ODF 1.0 and IS 26300 not technically equivalent

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

Remember, OASIS has made a commitment to JTC1 to work to maintain 
equivalent specifications in both bodies.  Since JTC1 technical corrigenda 
are individually citable documents, we need to maintain a similar 
structure in OASIS, if we are to fulfil our obligations.  This means that 
we need to be able to point to ODF 1.0  Approved Errata 01, as well as 
point to ODF 1.0 Approved Errata 02, and have some assurance that the 01 
version does not disappear when the 02 version is approved.

Is this going to be a problem?  A cumulative errata document is fine.  But 
depending on how you are using the word "single", I may have a problem 
with what you are saying.

-Rob

Mary McRae <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org> wrote on 02/01/2010 11:16:05 AM:


> 
> 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
> > 
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