OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC

Open Office XML Format TC Meeting Minutes 30 Jun 03

  • 1.  Open Office XML Format TC Meeting Minutes 30 Jun 03

    Posted 07-03-2003 13:54
    MINUTES OF THE OASIS OPEN OFFICE XML FORMAT TC MEETING
    JUNE, THE 30TH, 2003, 3PM GMT � 4:00PM GMT
    
    Attendees
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    Doug Alberg <doug.alberg@boeing.com>, Boeing
    Phil Boutros <pboutros@stellent.com>, Stellent
    Michael Brauer <michael.brauer@sun.com>, Sun Microsystems
    Gary Edwards <garyedwards@yahoo.com>
    David Faure <faure@kde.org>
    Jason Harrop <jharrop@speedlegal.com>, SpeedLegal
    Tom Magliery <Tom.Magliery@corel.com>, Corel
    Daniel Vogelheim <daniel.vogelheim@sun.com>, Sun Microsystems
    
    Acceptance of Minutes of the June, the 16th meeting
    ------------------------------------------------------
    - The attending TC members unanimously accepted the minutes.
    
    Action Items
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    - Phil Boutros: create proposal for unifying change tracking in text and 
    table documents
       - in progress
    - Daniel Vogelheim: Create proposal for visibility and edit protection 
    of layers
       - done, see
          http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/200306/msg00022.html
    - Michael Brauer: Clarify usage of "transparency" and "opacity" in the 
    specification.
       - done, see
          http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/200306/msg00023.html
    - Daniel Vogelheim: Get in contact with SVG working group.
       - in progress
    
    
    Discussion of Work Package 6.3 Other Graphical Content
    ------------------------------------------------------
    The TC unanimously agreed Daniel Vogelheim's proposal for visibility and 
    edit protection of layers 
    (http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/200306/msg00022.html), with 
    the modification that "text:display" can have the values 
    "(always|screen|printer|none)".
    
    The TC also unanimously agreed to Michael Brauer's proposal to replace 
    "transparency" with "opacity" if used in the context of graphical 
    content (http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/200306/msg00023.html).
    
    Discussion of Work Package 7 Business Charts
    --------------------------------------------
    David Faure made a proposal for business charts 
    (http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/200306/msg00024.html). The 
    TC agreed to compare this proposal with the existing specification for 
    business charts and to continue the discussion of business charts after 
    the comparison is done. The comparison will be made by Daniel Vogelheim, 
    if possible before the TC meeting on July, the 21th.
    
    The TC also discussed the extensibility of the specification for custom 
    chart types. One possibility is to replace the chart type enumeration 
    with a simple string value and to turn the existing enumeration values 
    into predefined string values. The disadvantage of this solution is that 
    chart type names might clash. Another possibility is to use URLs as 
    unique chart names.  The TC also discussed whether there is some kind of 
    reference book for chart types and its names and whether the predefined 
    chart types should be explained in the specification, for instance by 
    example images. The discussion will be continued together with the 
    general chart discussion.
    
    
    Miscellaneous
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    The TC agreed that to continue with a discussion of forms in the next TC 
    meeting and to return to the business chart discussion afterwards.
    
    New Action Items
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    - Daniel Vogelheim: Comparison of the existing chart specification with 
    David Faure's proposal.
    
    Michael Brauer
    
    OASIS Open Office XML format TC chair