Re: [oic] Confirmation Flavor: #3 Incorrectly-Generated ODF

[Andreas J Guelzow <aguelzow@math.concordia.ab.ca>]

On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 18:36 -0800, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
> Here's a case that it is hard to imagine creating a test for.
> 
> #3 INCORRECTLY-GENERATED ODF 
> 
> Under certain conditions, processor X produces an ODF 1.1 .odt file
> where the content.xml and styles.xml documents are valid according to
> the schema, but a constraint stated in the specification is
> violated.  

But this cannot happen. If a constraint is violated then the created
file is not an ODF 1.1 file, but just a file the processor X falsely
claims to be ODF 1.1.
> 
> Processor Y fails to load the document, reporting an error in the
> content.xml file.
> 
> Processor Z loads the document and processes it as correct.  When the
> document is saved, the resulting content.xml does not violate the
> constraint of the specification.
> 
> Because this is a negative condition (the specification is violated),
> there is no specified behavior for it in the ODF specification.  The
> document is, technically, not conforming in any respect.
> 
> On the other hand, one might consider that Processor Z behavior is
> superior to Processor Y's.

Processor Ys and Zs behaviour here has nothing to do with ODF: they are
acting differently on some strange file. Whether you consider one
behaviour superior to another depends only on your expectations in the
given circumstances.

Andreas Guelzow
> 

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Prof. Dr. Andreas J. Guelzow
Dept. of Mathematical & Computing Sciences
Concordia University College of Alberta