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Subject: Proposal to improve change tracking in ODF
Proposal to improve change tracking in ODF The existing ODF track change mechanism is limited in its scope and some of its semantics are not well defined. Limitations (based on OOo implementation) include: - insert/delete/modify of format or style changes - table cell/row/column insert/delete - image insert/delete/modify - add/delete frames (obect, image, text frame) We were asked to look at these issues and the attached document lists the requirements that were identified for an improved tracked changes representation in ODF, and work done to propose a solution. The overall objective was to develop a more generic approach which would widen the selection of ODF elements and attributes where changes can be tracked. This will provide improved support for applications needing to represent changes. The proposal includes a RelaxNG grammar for a track change format, which can work either as a complementary grammar to ODF or integrated with it (and a partial integration with CD05 is included). Also include are: - a Schematron checker for a document with tracked changes, - over 50 examples of how it would work for specific changes (hand-crafted but checked against Schematron and the grammar), - XSLT code to extract the latest version of a document from a tracked-change document, - XSLT code to roll-back the latest change This is too large to attach to this email so a copy of the documentation of the format and all the supporting code can be downloaded here: http://www.deltaxml.com/library/articles-and-papers.html We would like the technical committee to consider this approach and adopting it as a complementary grammar and/or integrated with ODF RelaxNG (where they are the experts and will do a better job than we are able to do!). We hope this will prove useful in the development of ODF. Best regards, Robin -- -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Robin La Fontaine, Director, DeltaXML Ltd "Change control for XML" E: robin.lafontaine@deltaxml.com http://www.deltaxml.com Registered in England 02528681
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