OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC

Dear TC members,

as discussed recently, I have created an XSLT style sheet that moves all
attribute default value definitions from the schema into some prose in
the specification. The result is the following document:

http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/office/download.php/28794/OpenDocument-v1.2-draft7-4-default-values.odt

I have further created a version of this document where attribute and
element cross references have been generated:

http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/office/download.php/28795/OpenDocument-v1.2-draft7-4-default-values-xref.odt

You can find the changes by looking for a yellow background color in
chapter 18.

Some notes:

- I have noticed that in some cases attributes have a default value only
for some elements while they have no default values for other elements.
There are also a few cases where different default values exist for an
attribute. For this reason, I had to adapt the language of the text that
is added to the specifications. More details can be found in the Wiki:
http://wiki.oasis-open.org/office/proposal%3Adefault-values

- The current text that is added has been suggested by Patrick. Patrick
has also suggested to add the explanatory paragraph at the start of
chapter 18, which makes the text for attribute definitions themselves
more readable.

- I have created text based on the "attribute-[name]" anchors that
Patrick has added to the specification. That is, I'm quite sure that I
have covered all attributes. However, to make sure that nothing got lost 
I intend to write another XSLT style sheet that takes the schema as 
basis and checks whether all attribute default value definition that 
occur in the schema also occur in the specification.

Best regards

Michael

-- 
Michael Brauer, Technical Architect Software Engineering
StarOffice/OpenOffice.org
Sun Microsystems GmbH             Nagelsweg 55
D-20097 Hamburg, Germany          michael.brauer@sun.com
http://sun.com/staroffice         +49 40 23646 500
http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS

Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1,
	   D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten
Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028
Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas Schroeder, Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland Boemer
Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering

2008/7/11 Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg

Dave,

Dave Pawson wrote:
> 2008/7/11 Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg
> 

Hi Rob, all,

I would like to discuss this proposal in the next call. We had already 
agreed that we want to move default value definitions from the schema 
into the specification, so what's needed is only a short review of the 
language that I have chosen. If the language is okay, we may accept the 
proposal in the next-but-one call, and I may apply the stylesheet to the 
next draft that gets available, so that the default values get part of it.

Michael

Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg wrote:
> Dear TC members,
> 
> as discussed recently, I have created an XSLT style sheet that moves all
> attribute default value definitions from the schema into some prose in
> the specification. The result is the following document:
> 
> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/office/download.php/28794/OpenDocument-v1.2-draft7-4-default-values.odt 
> 
> 
> I have further created a version of this document where attribute and
> element cross references have been generated:
> 
> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/office/download.php/28795/OpenDocument-v1.2-draft7-4-default-values-xref.odt 
> 
> 
> You can find the changes by looking for a yellow background color in
> chapter 18.
> 
> Some notes:
> 
> - I have noticed that in some cases attributes have a default value only
> for some elements while they have no default values for other elements.
> There are also a few cases where different default values exist for an
> attribute. For this reason, I had to adapt the language of the text that
> is added to the specifications. More details can be found in the Wiki:
> http://wiki.oasis-open.org/office/proposal%3Adefault-values
> 
> - The current text that is added has been suggested by Patrick. Patrick
> has also suggested to add the explanatory paragraph at the start of
> chapter 18, which makes the text for attribute definitions themselves
> more readable.
> 
> - I have created text based on the "attribute-[name]" anchors that
> Patrick has added to the specification. That is, I'm quite sure that I
> have covered all attributes. However, to make sure that nothing got lost 
> I intend to write another XSLT style sheet that takes the schema as 
> basis and checks whether all attribute default value definition that 
> occur in the schema also occur in the specification.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Michael
> 


-- 
Michael Brauer, Technical Architect Software Engineering
StarOffice/OpenOffice.org
Sun Microsystems GmbH             Nagelsweg 55
D-20097 Hamburg, Germany          michael.brauer@sun.com
http://sun.com/staroffice         +49 40 23646 500
http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS

Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1,
	   D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten
Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028
Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas Schroeder, Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland Boemer
Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering

2008/7/23 Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg

Hi Dave,

that is interesting. But having a quick rough at ISO/IEC 19757-8, then 
DSRL is about mapping XML instances from on schema to another, and the 
dsrl:default-value element is about adding default values as part of 
this mapping.

So, I may be wrong, but is seems to me that this definition of default 
values has a different purpose, and cannot be used within the definition 
of an RNG schema, or used to extend an RNG schema. Well, one maybe could 
define an identity mapping which just adds default values, but this 
would mean that all ODF applications would require DSDL support. I'm not 
sure if this is reasonable. ISO/IEC 19757-8 is furthermore not yet 
approved, but the ballot is still ongoing. So right now, we could not 
normatively reference it.

Anyway, thanks a lot for the interesting information.

Michael

Dave Pawson wrote:
> 2008/7/23 Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg
>