Re: [office-collab] How do we count? - September 26, 2012

[Thorsten Behrens <tbehrens@suse.com>]

Patrick Durusau wrote:
> What is required is that when I serialize the in memory
> representation (my meaning of data model), is that it meet all the
> requirements of the ODF format.
> 
> That is we specify a serialization of changes against that common
> serialization so that when we exchange that representation,
> applications reach a common state of the document with regard to
> changes. What data model the applications are following isn't
> relevant at that point.
> 
> Yes?
> 
Yes. But I think this is achievable with both your proposals - if
there's a well-defined bijective mapping between components and xml,
any import and export code can apply this mapping on the fly.

Cheers,

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Thorsten Behrens

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