RE: [office-comment] Passive voice verb phrases

["Alex Brown" <alexb@griffinbrown.co.uk>]

Paul hi

> > I think what the author intended here was "whitespace characters in
> elements DECLARED TO HAVE ONLY element content are ignored".
> 
> Laying aside the merits of the comment, this should be rephrased in
> active voice using requirement keywords.

Right, so you'd prefer something like:

"An ODF processor shall ignore whitespace in elements declared to have only element content" ?

I agree that is better.

I wonder, did all the passive voicing derive from the fact that the narrative was originally a commentary spun around the schema?

- Alex.