Draft I-7-13 Review: Section 18.334.19 <draw:page draw:name>

["Dennis E. Hamilton" <dennis.hamilton@acm.org>]

This editorial correction applies to section 18.334.19 in the latest draft for ODF 1.2 Part I: OpenDocument-v1.2-draft7-13.0dt.

This correction is also applicable to the OASIS Standards for OpenDocument 1.0  and OpenDocument 1.1, at the "Page name" subsection under 9.1.4, Drawing Pages, for both. 

Current Text:
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The draw:name attribute specifies a name by which this element can be referenced. It is optional but if present, must be unique within the document instance. If not present, an application may generate a unique name. 

attribute-draw:name_element-draw:page

The draw:name attribute may be used with the following element: <draw:page> 9.2.4.
]

Replacement Text:
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The optional draw:name attribute specifies a name by which this element can be referenced.  When present, the attribute value must be unique.  Note that for the <draw:page> element to be referenced from a presentation:pages attribute, the draw:name attribute must be present.
]


**NOTE 1: The wording has been restored to align with the ODF 1.0 and ODF 1.1 statements along with replacement of the "generate a unique name" observation with a more-specific note.  This is warranted because the previous statement is found to be misleading in practice.

**NOTE 2: The ODF 1.2 draft adds "must be unique within the document instance."  This is still imprecise.  However, determining the set of values within which a particular draw:name value must be unique is a substantive matter that needs to be addressed separately.

 - Dennis

Dennis E. Hamilton
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