Re: [oiic-formation-discuss] Informative clauses

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

"Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
wrote on 06/23/2008 06:18:53 AM:

> What to do about a clause such as
> 
> 2.4.2 Base Settings
> 
> The <config:config-item> element contains all base settings.
The value
> of the setting is stored in the element.
> 
> This is (barely) informative.
> No shall.
> No may
> Not marked as informative.
> 

It defines a schema fragment, so that creates a number
of testable provisions that will be subsumed into the schema validation
portion of the conformance test.  

However, the nature of this particular clause is to
define the storage of implementation-dependent application settings.  So
there are limits on what you can test as to their content.  Other
then schema validation, you could define a profile, say ODF/A for archiving,
where such non-portable settings are prohibited.

-Rob