OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC

Hi Patrick

Sorry to hear about Carol's fall. I hope that she is OK in the end.

We had an informal meeting, and here are the notes from the chat:

Michael Stahl: please add comment sign-up problem to agenda (Mike K)

Francis: No Chair, so meeting informally...

Francis: Here is the agenda as posted by Patrick:

1. Dial-In, Roll Call, Determination of Quorum and Voting Rights

2. Motion (simple majority): Approve minutes of 14 October 2024

groups.oasis-open.org/discussion/...

3. Motion (simple majority): Approve the Agenda

4  Action Items:

   #Excel team on indirect function in array mode (Alfred) Done

   #Email format for accessibility (Patrick) Done

   #Kelly on editing homepage/new pages (Patrick) No response

5. issues.oasis-open.org/browse/OFFICE-4166 - Kind of result is

unclear for function INDIRECT in array mode

6. issues.oasis-open.org/browse/OFFICE-4167 - Problems with

implied iteration (array mode) and rule 2.2.1, section 3.3, part4, ODF 1.3

7. Review ODF homepage for content (not layout)

Francis: Michael reported that the public sign-up to the comment list doesn't work. There is no acknowledgement that the person signing-up has been subscribed.

Regina Henschel: Subject: Carol has fallen, Svante is absent, Francis, can you lead the call? It just happened about 10 minutes ago so I want to keep a watch on her

Francis: We reviewed the information from the Excel team here: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/OFFICE-4166?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=85255#comment-85255

Regina Henschel: German Excel: =SUM(MUNIT({1\2}))

Regina Henschel: resolves in German to =SUM({{1}\{1\0;0\1}})

Francis: Regina: This is strange...

Francis: Strange, and a moving target, as the Excel team will probably change the behaviour. Can we standardize on this basis?

Francis: Regina: We at least need to do a comparison of several implementations, including LibreOffice, Gnumeric and Excel.

Regina Henschel: and Google spreadsheets.

Francis: A "test suite" is needed. There is already material in the related JIRA issues.

Francis: I'll write to Kelly about the sign-up problems reported by Michael.

Michael Stahl: email of the person who tried to sign up for comments: mikekaganski@hotmail.com

Francis: I must request leave of absence for two meetings: 28/10 and 4/11.

Francis: Michael and Alfred both request leave of absence for the meeting on 28/10.

Francis: informal meeting adjourned 16:47 UTC.

Regarding OFFICE-4166, not noted above, but Regina I think agreed to do some work on tests to compare the behaviour of LibreOffice, Gnumeric, Excel and Google Sheets.

We also wished you and Carol the best, a speedy recovery for Carol, and hope you'll be back in action for the next meeting. However, please note that both Michael and I will definitely be absent on Oct 28^th, and I will be absent on Nov 4^th. Alfred may additionally be absent on Oct 28^th, so I suspect next week's meeting will be just between you, Svante and Regina.

Kind regards,

Francis