[OASIS Issue Tracker] Commented: (OFFICE-2203) Validation concerns[N 1309:6]

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Dennis Hamilton commented on OFFICE-2203:
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I just gave ODF 1.0 a pretty good scan, and I can't find any place where, for 1.0, we say that the XML must be handled with a non-validating processor.  

That means the DTD situation is more complicated.   However, even if the XML prolog has standalone="yes" a DTD internal subset must still be processed.  By excluding any references to external entities or any DTD external subset, it is possible to introduce attribute default values a couple of ways, including by use of global entity definitions.

I just don't see how that has anything to do with the substance of ODF 1.0 section 2.1.2.

Anyone else have a clue?

> Validation concerns [N 1309:6]
> ------------------------------
>
>                 Key: OFFICE-2203
>                 URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-2203
>             Project: OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Conformance
>    Affects Versions: ODF 1.0
>         Environment: This issue remains applicable to Errata 01 CD04
>            Reporter: Robert Weir 
>            Assignee: Svante Schubert 
>             Fix For: ODF 1.0 Errata CD 5
>
>
> Submitter ID
>     GB-26300-38
> Nature of defect
>     Technical
> Document
>     ISO/IEC 26300:2006
> Clause
>     2.1.2
> Page
>     38
> Description of issue
> It is stated that:
>     The version number is in the format revision.version. If the file has a version known to an XML processor, it may validate the document. Otherwise, it is optional to validate the document, but the document must be well formed. 
> However:
>     * No "XML Processor" has an understanding of such attributes. Perhaps what is meant here is "ODF processor"?
>     * There is a false opposition between the two given behaviours here since one is governed by the word "may" and the other is described as optional. So as stated, both behaviours are in fact optional; furthermore there is an implication that a document with an unrecognized version attribute may not be well-formed. This is confusing.
>     * DTD-governed MathML content within ODF documents may have different content depending on how the DTD is processed, since the DTD contains attribute defaulting; so the different behaviours given here may result in different documents. The behaviour in such circumstances should be clarified (even if to state it is application-dependent).
> Proposal
> Amend the text to resolve the above defects.

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