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Subject: Re: [office] sub chapter <office:dde-source> in chapter <text:section>lost in ODF 1.2 draft 7-13
Oliver, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann - Software Engineer - Sun Microsystems wrote: > Hi Patrick, > > Ok, got it. > Thank you for your patience. > Not a problem! I appreciate the interest and checking up on my accuracy. We are going to polish this apple and make everyone proud. Hope you are having a great day! Patrick > Best regards, Oliver. > > > Patrick Durusau wrote: >> Oliver, >> >> Oliver-Rainer Wittmann - Software Engineer - Sun Microsystems wrote: >>> Hi Patrick, >>> >>> sub chapter <office:dde:source> in chapter <text:section> is lost >>> between ODF 1.2 draft 7-11 and ODF 1.2 draft 7-12. >>> I also did not found its content any more in the rest of the ODF 1.2 >>> draft 7-13. >>> Any reason why this sub chapter including its content has been deleted? >>> >> The "content" or "information" was *not* deleted. >> >> See (in ODF 1.2 draft 7-12) section 4.4.1. >> >> From 7-11 the section you ask about: >> >> **** >> The |<office:dde-source> element represents DDE linking information >> for a linked section.| >> >> |Note:|| |Because a DDE linked section contains the XML rendition of >> the DDE link's content, this information only needs to be processed >> if updated data from the DDE link are desired. >> >> Ed. Note This should be true for <text:section-source> as well. So >> why say it for one and not the other? >> >> **** >> >> Note the editor's note. >> >> Then, in 7-12 (and following) also at 4.4.1 >> >> ***** >> >> Sections support two ways of linking to external content. If a >> section is linked to another document, the link can be through one of >> the following: >> >> * >> >> A resource identified by an XLink, represented by a >> |<text:section-source>| element >> >> * >> >> Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), represented by a >> |<office:dde-source>| element >> >> The |<text:section-source>| or |<office:dde-source>| elements occur >> only in the alternative and then as the first child element of a >> |<text:section>| element. >> >> A section that links to external content contains a full >> representation of the data, so that processors need to understand the >> linking information only if they wish to update the contents of the >> section. >> >> ***** >> >> So while it is true that the subsection itself does not appear >> verbatim the same, the information that it was meant to convey is >> more usefully (at least in my view) reported to potential readers of >> the specification. >> >> Unless you wish to suggest that the semantics of the >> <office:dde-source> element, despite being defined once in the schema >> are different when the element occurs in sections versus tables? See >> 13.6.6 under common content for a fuller description of the element. >> >> I freely concede that the process of defining every element and >> attribute once makes proofing (for this round) more difficult and I >> work with several versions open at the same time, but in the long run >> knowing that if an element or attribute definition change must be >> made that while its impact must be traced out that we can make a >> change confident that is the only place where the change need be >> made, I think will help the TC as it continues to develop ODF. >> >> Imagine editing an XML schema where "combine" was implied so you >> don't know if you have found all the parts of a definition or not. >> Add to that the assumption that there are multiple ways to speak of >> the same element. And you may or may not know all of them. Just as >> you would want to avoid that for the schema, I want to avoid the same >> thing for the prose text. >> > > -- Patrick Durusau patrick@durusau.net Chair, V1 - US TAG to JTC 1/SC 34 Convener, JTC 1/SC 34/WG 3 (Topic Maps) Editor, OpenDocument Format TC (OASIS), Project Editor ISO/IEC 26300 Co-Editor, ISO/IEC 13250-1, 13250-5 (Topic Maps)
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