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Subject: Re: [office] Updating our charter - 21 March 2021 - Possible discussion date? Asking, not setting it.
hi,to Francis' point: maybe we could add an item that we want to prefer standardizing existing practice rather than inventing things out of thin air?
i'm not sure this is the best way to formulate item 3:"be compatible, to the extent possible, with OOXML, ISO/IEC 29500, to promote seamless interchange between software systems"
ODF isn't and doesn't want to be compatible in a strict sense with OOXML: you can't expect an OOXML consumer to be able to consume an ODF document.
but i guess we want to be able to make it possible to convert between ODF and OOXML documents with minimal data loss, so we take into account the feature set of OOXML when adding a new feature to ODF.
how about this?"take into account related standards like OOXML, ISO/IEC 29500, to enhance fidelity when software systems have to convert between different standards."
oh, and thank you very much for deleting the XSLT item; i think that one has done enough damage.
this one is news to me?"2. Development of a lossless XML format that retains non-supported features, even when edited by software incapable of supporting some features."
regards, michael On 05.03.21 12:40, Francis Cave wrote:
In the Statement of Purpose, requirement 3 is a bit vague. Can it be improved? We could have an interesting, and possibly useful, discussion about " exploring new or experimental ideas for office document representation". This relates to the discussion at our most recent TC meeting. Is it the job of standard developers to conduct experiments? I would hope that the experiments would be conducted first in the implementer community and only proposed for standardization when they have been proved to be useful and the details have achieved a degree of maturity. Francis -----Original Message----- From: office@lists.oasis-open.org <office@lists.oasis-open.org> On Behalf Of Patrick Durusau Sent: 05 March 2021 01:28 To: ODF TC List <office@lists.oasis-open.org> Subject: [office] Updating our charter - 21 March 2021 - Possible discussion date? Asking, not setting it. Greetings! A 4 Year Review of our charter is required by Section 1.10 TC Vitality of the TC Process (https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/tc-process-2017-05-26/#tcVitality) TC's are now required by OASIS to review their charters every four years to "ensure the TC charter continues to align with the activities of the TC." I hadn't looked at our charter in a very long time and must confess that it could be updated to reflect our progress and current goals. I have pasted the relevant part of our charter below for your review. (our full charter is here: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office/charter.php) I'd like to take the charter revision discussion up on 21 March 2021. If you think we need more time, please reply to the list. I'll make a straw man revision for people to throw rocks at, perhaps over the weekend. Easier to reply to something than nothing. Thanks! Hope everyone is having a great week! Patrick PS: OASIS process and terminology has changed since that charter was approved. ;-) ***** Statement of Purpose The purpose of this TC is to create an open, XML-based file format specification for office applications. The resulting file format must meet the following requirements: 1. it must be suitable for office documents containing text, spreadsheets, charts, and graphical documents, 2. it must be compatible with the W3C Extensible Markup Language (XML) v1.0 and W3C Namespaces in XML v1.0 specifications, 3. it must retain high-level information suitable for editing the document, 4. it must be friendly to transformations using XSLT or similar XML-based languages or tools, 5. it should keep the document's content and layout information separate such that they can be processed independently of each other, and 6. it should 'borrow' from similar, existing standards wherever possible and permitted. Scope Since the OpenOffice.org XML format specification was developed to meet these criteria and has proven its value in real life, this TC will use it as the basis for its work. A standard for office document processing and interchange will be of great utility to many users and software companies developing applications, and should be made available as soon as possible. Thus, the work of this TC has been divided in two phases: 1. In the first phase, this TC has used proven and established constructs so that the resulting standard can satisfy the immediate needs of many users, as well as serve as a base for future, less restricted development. The work of this TC in the first phase has concentrated on the following areas: 1. establishing a mechanism and policy for extensions, preferably relying on XML namespaces, 2. establishing a set of 'core' elements and attributes to be supported by all implementations, 3. incorporating feedback from early adopters of the base specification and fixing technical problems that may have been uncovered, 4. ensuring that the resulting specification and documentation are consistent and of high quality. The first phase was completed by delivering the OASIS Open Office Specification Committee Draft 1 on 20 March, 2004. 2. In the second phase, this TC will maintain the specification delivered in phase 1 and will extend it to encompass additional areas of applications or users, which may also include adapting the specification to recent developments in office applications. The work of this TC in the second phase will additionally allow for the following areas: 1. enabling additional areas of application, 2. exploring new or experimental ideas for office document representation, and 3. extending the expressiveness of the format. The TC intends to submit completed and approved work to other organizations in accordance with the OASIS Liaison Policy, and when doing so intends to continue responsibility for the maintenance of its specifications. List of Deliverables Each of the TC's phases will result in a Committee Specification that includes: * a set of XML DTDs/schemas setting the vocabulary, constraints and semantics of the file format in question, and * a set of written specifications that describe the elements and attributes of the DTDs/schemas in plain English. The TC has delivered a first Committee Draft on 20 March, 2004. 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