I realise that ODF moved from RFC2119 to ISO/IEC Directives, part 2, 2004.
That seems to have had some impact.
I'm starting to look at ODF from a testability perspective and having
great difficulty
devising any test, since the standard seems lacking in firm requirements?
An example without a single 'requirement', as in, the para contains a
SHALL, MUST, MAY clause is shown below. It is not alone in this
respect.
A black and white interpretation of section 2.8 could be interpreted
as having no requirements, therefore there are no compliance issues, no
matter how a vendor uses master pages.
Does this TC intend to add requirements for this para in 1.2 which
might then be tested
for compliance with the standard?
regards
2.8 Page Styles and Layout
The style and layout of the pages in a document is determined by:
* Page Layouts
* Master Pages
A page layout describes the physical properties or geometry of a page,
for example, page size, margins, header height, and footer height.
A master page is a template for pages in a document. It contains a
reference to a page layout which specifies the physical properties of
the page and can also contain static content that is displayed on all
pages in the document that use the master page. Examples of static
content are headers, footers, or background graphics.
If a text or spreadsheet document is displayed in a paged layout, the
master pages are instantiated to generate a sequence of pages
containing the document content. When a master page is instantiated,
an empty page is generated with the properties of the page master and
the static content of the master page. The body of the page is then
filled with content. If multiple pages in a document use the same
master page, the master page can be instantiated several times within
the document.
In text and spreadsheet documents, a master page can be assigned to
paragraph and table styles using a style:master-page-name attribute.
Each time the paragraph or table style is applied to text, a page
break is inserted before the paragraph or table. The page that starts
at the page break position uses the specified master page.
In drawings and presentations, master pages can be assigned to drawing
pages using a style:parent-style-name attribute.
Note: The OpenDocument paging methodology differs significantly from
the methodology used in [XSL]. In XSL, headers and footers are
contained within page sequences that also contain the document
content. In the OpenDocument format, headers and footers are contained
in page styles. With either approach, the content of headers and
footers can be changed or omitted without affecting the document
content.
Page layouts are described in section 14.3. Master pages are described
in section 14.4.
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Dave Pawson
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