2.7 Styles (second paragraph following list)

[Patrick Durusau <Patrick.Durusau@sbl-site.org>]

Greetings,

The second paragraph following the list reads:

This type of style information differs from [CSS2] or [XSLT] style 
sheets that are used to display a document. An additional style sheet 
for CSS, XSLT, and so on, is required to display an Open Office document 
on a certain device. This style sheet must take into account the styles 
in the document as well as the requirements and capabilities of the 
output device. The ideal case is that this style sheet depends on the 
output device only.

Comment:

Let me walk through this one so someone may see where I have jumped the 
track:

"This type of style information differs from [CSS2] or [XSLT] style 
sheets that are used to display a document."

OK, that says that the information in the OpenOffice styles is different 
from that of CSS2 or XSLT style sheets.

"An additional style sheet for CSS, XSLT, and so on, is required to 
display an Open Office document on a certain device."

Err, I was expecting to hear about the difference mentioned in the first 
sentence, but hear learn that an 'additional style sheet' is required 
for CSS, XSLT?

"This style sheet must take into account the styles in the document as 
well as the requirements and capabilities of the output device."

Ah, is it the intent of this paragraph to say that the style information 
in Open Office styles does not include output device specific rendering 
information that is required for rendering an Open Office document?

If that is the case, then I would suggest:

The style information in an Open Office document does not include output 
device specific rendering information. Output device specific rendering 
information must be supplied by the use of a CSS, XSLT or other style 
sheet mechanisms. Any such style sheet must take into account the styles 
in the document as well as the requirements and capabilities of the 
output device.

BTW, note that I deleted: "The ideal case is that this style sheet 
depends on the output device only." As just stated, the style sheet has 
to be aware of the style information in the document and so could never 
be said to depend on the output device only.

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Patrick

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Patrick Durusau
Director of Research and Development
Society of Biblical Literature
Patrick.Durusau@sbl-site.org
Chair, V1 - Text Processing: Office and Publishing Systems Interface
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