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Re: [office] Formula Sub Committee Draft Charter

  • 1.  Re: [office] Formula Sub Committee Draft Charter

    Posted 02-03-2006 21:36
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    Subject: Re: [office] Formula Sub Committee Draft Charter



    Chris Nokleberg <chris@sixlegs.com> wrote on 02/03/2006 03:58:34 PM:

    > > That's fine with me.  Whatever we end up with with needs to be
    > > formally specified, so unless we define the syntax of BNF in a
    > > self-contained way, we'll need to refer to an external standard.
    > > Whether it is XML 1.1, or RFC 2234 isn't as important to me as the
    > > fact that we're following some authority.
    >
    > In case it has been forgotten, the OpenDocument 1.0 spec already
    > includes a BNF for the draw:formula attribute. The spreadsheet formula
    > spec should probably use the same BNF syntax. The obvious problem being
    > that the syntax of the BNF used for draw:formula is not specified.
    >

    Good catch.  9.5.5 "Enhanced Geometry".  No authority cited there.  But certainly makes sense that all BNF's in ODF should use the same syntax.

    -Rob


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