Re: [office-metadata] Groups - Metadata_Model_Proposal_23May2007 (07-05-23-ODF-Metadaten.odt) uploaded

[Bruce D'Arcus <bdarcus@gmail.com>]

On May 23, 2007, at 6:07 PM, John Madden wrote:

> Wanted to make sure that xml:id is allowed on <text:span>.
> Is that correct?

I don't know the answer, but keep in mind that ODF's definition of  
span is somewhat unique. It's basically a structure to apply  
presentation to, rather than having any fundamental semantics.

So as Michael has explained it, these two are formally equivalent  
from an ODF perspective:

<text:span>some text</text:span>

<text:span>some </text:span><text:span>text</text:span>

... and applications are fine to treat them as such (equivalent).

The consequence, it seems to me, is that unless the TC cares to  
redefine their meaning, spans are not a reliable target for metadata.

Bruce