Re: [office-accessibility] Fwd: [office] OpenDocument v1.1/v1.2compatibility

[Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg <Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM>]

Dave Pawson wrote:
> I'm trying to work out how this might impact Accessibility.
> 
> E.g. Rich and his (non) tables. Would we be able to get
> that through with this rule in place?

Why not? Regardless whether it is a new feature or not, a schema for 
tables in presentations in my point of view is of great advantage for 
ODF users. Therefore, we should add it.

Michael

> 
> I'm wary of this proposal.
> 
> regards DaveP
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Michael Brauer <Michael.Brauer@sun.com>
> Date: 26-Oct-2006 13:14
> Subject: [office] OpenDocument v1.1/v1.2 compatibility
> To: OpenDocument <office@lists.oasis-open.org>
> 
> 
> Dear TC members,
> 
> in the last work call I have been asked to clarify my proposal regarding
> the compatibility between OpenDocument 1.1 and 1.2. The general
> intention is that we keep the impact of a transition from OpenDocument
> 1.1 to 1.2 for implementors and users as small as possible, while we at
> the same time restrict the set of enhancements we make from 1.1 to 1.2
> also as little as possible.
> 
> Based on the existing OpenDocument conformance definition, I propose
> that we use the following formal rules regarding the compatibility
> between OpenDocument v1.0 and v1.1:
> 
> Documents that conform to the the OpenDocument v1.1 specification shall
> also conform to the OpenDocument v1.2 specification. Vice versa,
> documents that conform to the OpenDocument v1.2 specification shall also
> conform to the OpenDocument v1.1 specification, if they don't use any of
> the OpenDocument v1.2 features that are not contained in OpenDocument v1.1.
> 
> Exceptions from this general rules are possible, if, and only if, this
> is considered to be of great advantage for users of the OpenDocument
> specification, and conforming implementations.
> 
> 
> Based on OpenDocument implementations, I propose the following:
> 
> OpenDocument v1.2 implementations shall be able to process OpenDocument
> v1.1 documents without requiring additional implementations for that
> purpose. Vice versa, OpenDocument v1.1 implementations shall be able to
> process OpenDocument v1.2 documents without requiring additional
> implementations for that purpose, if the documents contains none of the
> OpenDocument v1.2 features that are not contained in OpenDocument v1.1.
> 
> Exceptions from this general rules are possible, if, and only if, this
> is considered to be of great advantage for users of the OpenDocument
> specification, and conforming implementations.
> 
>  From the proposals we have for OpenDocument v1.2 right now, I believe
> that the formulas are a feature that requires and justifies an
> exception. For other proposal I think we should tend to except them if
> they do not require an exception from the above general rules, and we
> should carefully weight the pros and cons for those that require an
> exception.
> 
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Michael
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