Restrictions for meta:editing-duration

[Bernd Eilers <Bernd.Eilers@Sun.COM>]

Hi there!

Section 3.3.2.17 of

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/33633/OpenDocument-v1.2-part1-cd03.odt 


defines <meta:editing-duration> Metadata as an element with a value that 
conforms to section 3.2.6 of the xmlschema-2 Spezifikation.

http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xmlschema-2-20041028/#duration

I interpret the meaning of that value as the total accumulated time 
during which the document was being edited. Since there can be any 
number of gaps since the document was created where the document was not 
edited and which would thus not contribute to this total editing time a 
value here that would contain subelements specified as number of years 
or months does IMHO not make sense although it would be allowed by 
xmlschema-2 section 3.2.6. Number of years and months subelements in 
such a value being present would only make sense if we would have a 
value for some kind of elapsed time without non counted gaps in between 
which is not the case here.

I would therefor like to have the following additional restrictions 
added to Section 3.3.2.17 of the ODF 1.2 Spezifikation and as well to 
the Interoperability Guidelines created by the ODF Interoperability and 
Conformance TC (OIC) for ODF 1.1 and ODF 1.2:


1.) A ODF Creator MUST NOT use a value here where number of years or 
months subelements are being used although allowed by the xmlschema for 
this element.


2.) A ODF Processor is NOT REQUIRED to be able to interpret such values 
here where number of years or number of months subelements are present 
although allowed by the xmlschema for this element.


There is at least one Office Application (OpenOffice.org) out there 
which as an ODF Processor would not be able to handle 
xmlschema-2/ISO8601 conform duration values at this place which would 
contain months or years subelements.

Possibly section 3.3.2.17 of ODF1.2 should also clarify that the value 
here is to be interpreted as accumulated total editing time and not as 
elapsed time since document creation.

What do you think?


Kind regards,
Bernd Eilers