[dsdl-comment] Re: A suggested policy for handling default attributes

Timing Rick.
ODF have just started an Oasis process on interoperability :-)

2008/6/4 Rick Jelliffe <rjelliffe@allette.com.au>:
> I apologize if this already came up in the RELAX NG/ODF context.
>
> I think our story on what to do with specifying default attribute values is
> this: use DSRL's default attribute rules.
>
> This means that ODF would do well with:
>
> 1) An NVDL script that removes all non-ODF elements from the ODF instance.
> ODF allows arbitrary elements, but these must be stripped out before
> validation.

Even when svg is in the ODF namespace?

>
> 2) A DSRL pre-process of the ODF instance to add default values and minor
> version fiddles.
>
> 3) Validation with RELAX NG.
>
> 4) Validation of extra constraints with Schematron

[ Huge hole IMHO]

>
> I think we need to present a unified bundle of these as the minimal complete
> system. Charref and DTTL I would regard as optional extras, but I think
> these four need to be presented together.

I'd wait until the deliverable is defined?
I'm not even sure what they mean by valid/interoperable etc.
Schema valid, visually the same, same at two business end points etc.
Lots of definitions proposed so far.

regards

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