Re: office:version

[Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>]

Michael,

Works for me.

Thanks for the new draft!

Patrick

On Wed, 2011-01-12 at 16:43 +0100, Michael Brauer wrote:
> Patrick, all,
> 
> when making the last few changes for the CSD06 Rev02 drafts I've
> noticed that the following paragraphs have been deleted from 19.388
> office:version:
> 
> > An OpenDocument 1.2 consumer may process a document that does not
> > provide the office:version attribute or where the value of the
> > office:version attribute is not "1.2" as if it is an OpenDocument
> > 1.2 document. Any elements and attributes that are neither
> > recognized, accepted, nor supported by the consumer, even though
> > identified in XML namespaces defined for use in OpenDocument 1.2
> > documents, should be treated in accordance with the rules for
> > foreign elements and attributes. 3.17
> > 
> >       * Any elements and attributes based on earlier versions of
> >         OpenDocument for which the same-named OpenDocument 1.2
> >         features are incompatible need not be accepted. If accepted,
> >         an OpenDocument 1.2-incompatible feature should be cast into
> >         an equivalent but OpenDocument 1.2-compatible form. See
> >         Appendix G, Changes From Previous Specification Versions
> >         (Non-Normative), as well as previous specifications and any
> >         approved errata for them. 
> >         
> >       * Any elements and attributes that are neither recognized,
> >         accepted, nor supported by the consumer, even though
> >         identified in XML namespaces defined for use in OpenDocument
> >         1.2 documents, should be treated in accordance with the
> >         rules for foreign elements and attributes. 3.17
> >         
> > 
> > Subsequent processing should be as if the accepted document were
> > exactly the OpenDocument 1.2 document derived in this way
> > 
> I could not find the issue that caused this change (that's why I write
> this mail), but anyway are in favor of this change. This has two
> reasons: 
> 
> The bullet list should have been already deleted in CSD06 when
> applying http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-2755. So,
> the deletion requested by this issue was only partially applied to
> CSD06. It is fully applied now, and that's of course good. The last
> paragraph is not mentioned in OFFICE-2755, but it of course does not
> make sense if the bullet list is deleted.
> 
> The first paragraph has been added with OFFICE-2755. But it is
> regarding how ODF 1.2 consumers should behave when reading ODF 1.1.
> documents. In the context of 
> 
> http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-3470
> 
> we agreed that it is not reasonable to mention ODF 1.1 processing in
> the ODF 1.2 specification. It therefore is reasonable to delete it as
> well.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Michael
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