[OASIS Issue Tracker] Commented: (OFFICE-3451) Inappropriate use of"should"

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Dennis Hamilton commented on OFFICE-3451:
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Michael, yes "evaluated for" is better.  I am a bit uncomfortable with "evaluated"  I would say "is applicable whenever ..." or maybe "is effective whenever ...".  

It seems that the attribute instance has to be resolved-to (according to inheritance on a specified style or by default) and it has to be applicable to the particular element instance. 

I don't think we should have to say that every time, but we need some definition of what we mean when we need to say a particular style attribute within a family is applicable to a given element.

And "evaluated for" is better, but maybe not strong enough.  I have no further thoughts at the moment.

> Inappropriate use of "should"
> -----------------------------
>
>                 Key: OFFICE-3451
>                 URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-3451
>             Project: OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Needs Discussion, Part 1 (Schema), Styles
>    Affects Versions: ODF 1.2 CD 05
>            Reporter: Andreas Guelzow 
>            Assignee: Patrick Durusau
>             Fix For: ODF 1.2 CD 06
>
>
> In may places in the draft we have statements as:
> " This attribute should be used within ... styles that are applied to a ... element. "
> It may be more correct to say:
> " This attribute may be used within ... styles that are applied to a ... element. "
> or possibly
> " This attribute may only be used within ... styles that are applied to a ... element. "

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