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Subject: RE: [tosca-comment] Attribute and Element definitions - editorial
Hello Patrick, The TOSCA TC acknowledges all comments that you have posted to date in our comment email list, and thanks you for bringing them to our attention. Regards, Paul Lipton TOSCA TC Co-Chair -----Original Message----- From: tosca-comment@lists.oasis-open.org [mailto:tosca-comment@lists.oasis-open.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Durusau Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 10:59 AM To: tosca-comment@lists.oasis-open.org; tab@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: [tosca-comment] Attribute and Element definitions - editorial -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greetings! Strictly an editorial issue but I noticed that the text repeats definitions, for attributes in particular. One example would be "tags," which reads in part: ***** Tags: This OPTIONAL element allows the definition of any number of tags which can be used by the author to describe the Service Template. Each tag is defined by a separate, nested Tag element..... ***** Which can be found starting at lines: 755 1417 1672 1917 2100 2299 2409 2524 2764 Thinking that if all the repeated attribute and element definitions were consolidated, the reader would know all the information for that attribute or element on a single reading. They would not need to worry about finding it elsewhere, differently. In cases where an element or attribute does have to vary, that difference is highlighted by the fact it appears with the additional information, which makes its difference more noticeable. It is perfectly possible to repeat definitions without variation but when we consolidated all the element/attribute definitions in ODF 1.1 to ODF 1.2, we discovered there were substantive differences in wording spread over > 700 pages for some attributes. Not a pleasant discovery. Not to mention that it makes revision and maintenance nearly impossible when subtle changes can have impacts in unnoticed parts of a standard. I haven't tried to enumerate all the duplicate definitions. I have forwarded concordances of the text to Paul Lipton that may assist in that task. Hope everyone is having a great day! Patrick - -- Patrick Durusau patrick@durusau.net Technical Advisory Board, OASIS (TAB) Former 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) Another Word For It (blog): http://tm.durusau.net Homepage: http://www.durusau.net Twitter: patrickDurusau -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSJ0qfAAoJEAudyeI2QFGo1MoP/R8m6shfAFk5FR08MftTiCRi HGvlkohT3dqPrdLs6OLK5gHsuCBoyOodQHA54UFkp2+WM7HlAGfWlNaTiaEKuCSW KcunDFSivNzKZBhlEPIJEMJljC1oJNKRZk7ub/4pr2OlaJNSUkNrRCZ/0rntWdIA jI2Ti1GHGPTj3vGkAd9a7ijek7um8olZDvxt1nEapf0rav4wP8XJRLAW0L2jbxdH ko3Y5MbNiYVxsBnsv5+BVzC3jGzNof/EjUhX8+Qnvy7xo5aZQGhodM9Ps2UrL6or MsGs9MvR8XSneY4hcRueOr4HmR95s8BTF/s990tZoJE4JVs6EnN2o+a49Fzfr4Rr pRIAULcLhtoPPRE5ZZ5RGuaP4Zbfh3TxxnWZBgUM+j/lDUOBXIbylFsZf+drqUHp p5OER2CVMUdmtBlJ6y66+CHsAqQAXc13GcztUQpVA+G+6nT8/WLtwW4JroSbUNTY lFBkacetY3Fr2PJSlNc9wEZYVBN/N7jkd9VNviM2Zii8mUiX4jzBQ6nypPjXwQ4A hdRvIxjnQJRfhr8sIDesw4q+hJe6aBNU2XDorlMMl5wLYktv5oxf391v4fEnMvOw dDNUgKXUcCbMAp9+YRYQpL3fc7qWr5wUbsy9O4djDnDct/nj6C/bl/obuhaTDQTA r2Q0Oe2JG9j3gZQvRdPN =HtBy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- This publicly archived list offers a means to provide input to the OASIS Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (TOSCA) TC. In order to verify user consent to the Feedback License terms and to minimize spam in the list archive, subscription is required before posting. Subscribe: tosca-comment-subscribe@lists.oasis-open.org Unsubscribe: tosca-comment-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org List help: tosca-comment-help@lists.oasis-open.org List archive: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tosca-comment/ Feedback License: http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/feedback_license.pdf List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php Committee: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tosca Join OASIS: http://www.oasis-open.org/join/
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