Re: [office-comment] Re: Unit system tracking

[Bryce L Nordgren <bnordgren@fs.fed.us>]

Alex Hudson <home@alexhudson.com> wrote on 06/11/2007 12:44:50 PM:

> Hey David,
> I probably mostly agree with the end decision, but I think this should
> be kept on the radar. Stuff like <number:currency-style> seems to me a
> horrible mishmash of presentation and meta-data, and this type of
> proposal could sort this out (i.e., separate the "this data is currency
> in USD" from the "format USD values in blue with a $ on the front").

My sentiments exactly.  The changes here are going to affect more than just
the formula spec.  When it's time to add a new data type to the
opendocument spec, that's the time to add it to formula too.

Bryce