Re: [office] Groups - Comparison of default styles (default-styles.ods) uploaded

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

Then I'd propose to use SI measurement
units, like "cm" or "mm" wherever possible,

In fact, ISO Directives, Part 2, Annex
I "Quantities and Units" calls for the use of SI units.

http://www.iec.ch/tiss/iec/Directives-Part2-Ed5.pdf

-Rob

Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg <Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM>
Sent by: Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM

03/27/2008 08:40 AM

To	Bob Jolliffe <bobj@dst.gov.za>
cc	office@lists.oasis-open.org, Warren Turkal <turkal@google.com>
Subject	Re: [office] Groups - Comparison of default styles (default-styles.ods) uploaded

Hi Bob,

the current idea is to document the defaults by providing sample ODF 
files. So while it is in fact only the real distance or length that is
of interest and not the unit that is used to specify it, we would have
to write down a single attribute value.

Best regards

Michael

Bob Jolliffe wrote:
> Hi Michael
> 
> If its a matter of just of documenting the actual distances can one
not simply use both?
> 
> eg.  
> 
> fo:margin-top: "0in" or "0cm" is acceptable
> fo:margin-top: "0.5in" or "1.27cm" is acceptable
> 
> I guess I'm grappling with whether the point here to agree on a standard
set of default distances which could be expressed differently, or are we
specifically looking for a default "value" (which then includes
the dimension unit)?  I think the former would be easier.
> 
> Regards
> Bob
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg" <Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM>
> To: "Warren Turkal" <turkal@google.com>
> Cc: office@lists.oasis-open.org
> Sent: 27 March 2008 02:05:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [office] Groups - Comparison of default styles (default-styles.ods)
uploaded
> 
> Hi Warren,
> 
> Warren Turkal wrote:
>> I think that the most common units should be supported in the
format.
>> I not sure that it should be necessary for folks generating documents
>> to have to make sure they are doing appropriate unit conversions.
>> However, I could be convinced either way.
> 
> I was a little bit unclear. Actually ODF supports the most common
units. 
> So when writing a document, you can use inch, or cm, or even mm or
pt, 
> and I don't think we should change that.
> 
> The question is only which of these units we should take when 
> documenting the default values of some formatting properties. Shall
we 
> say for instance that the default for fo:margin-top is "0in".
Or shall 
> we say "0cm"?
> 
> Michael
> 
> 


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