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Re: [office-comment] office:version (ODF all versions)

  • 1.  Re: [office-comment] office:version (ODF all versions)

    Posted 05-18-2009 08:55
    Alex, all,
    
    in ODF 1.2, the office:version attribute is mandatory.
    
    Best regards
    
    Michael
    
    On 05/16/09 16:35, Alex Brown wrote:
    > Dear all,
    > 
    > ODF documents valid to the ODF schema can use the office:version
    > attribute to indicate which version of the spec they claim conformance
    > to.
    > 
    > However, this attribute is optional (something implementations take
    > advantage of, by sometimes omitting to use it).
    > 
    > When this attribute is absent, how can a document consumer know which
    > version of the spec is meant to be in force?
    > 
    > I believe this attribute should be mandatory, otherwise meaningful
    > conformance testing for ODF documents become impossible in cases where
    > it is not used.
    > 
    > - Alex.
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