True, and we haven't said anything of RDF or a similar mechanism, which
is where legal and other archived information should go. RDFa at
least. While you can spend a lot of time (again) building adapters
that can recognize semantic information from certain classes of
documents, it would be much better to just tag them at the source or at
least be able to add it to the source format. Legal documents
generally have a clear and clean title / case#, but go more or less
free form from there. sdw Len Bullard wrote: 76758090F8686C47A44B6FF52514A1D30904D75E@hermes.uai.int" type="cite">And legal requirements also have to adjust to the technology changes. When I started, a legal document printer was required to produce 1000dpi. It made little sense and the need to move to faxed documents as well as the costs of the printers changed that. HTML is inserted into jail documents on a regular basis through template software. Problems of early or late release are usually not related to the documents. They are related to bad software implementations of the business rules, procedural failures (human in the loop - failing to check photos), and outright policy violations (having an inside clerk falsify a record). While working public safety, we saw all three of those but no problems related to the document formats. Most primary sources are now in database records, not final fixed format documents such as PDF although on the wire, PDF is preferred. That actually is a problem. Database errors are tough to find if the kind or type of problem that can occur isn't known in advance. In these days of web-based distributed processes, that is becoming much harder to solve. This topic needs a new set of requirements from the customers. My guess is the overbuilt systems (OOXML) and the feature deficient systems (ODF) aren't the best place to begin or to continue. To solve the legal document problem, a fresh start will be better. Meanwhile, the customers can work with what they have with more openness being a positive benefit. So the customers starting from scratch can go to ODF (no switching costs so purchase costs are a higher priority) and the customers with significant legacy get relief by applying OOXML and using the money for other more pressing needs such as business rule definition, implementation and debugging. That's a win-win for the customers. len From: Richard Salz [mailto:rsalz@us.ibm.com]no because the archive must be complete without external reference and it must not require execution of embedded code (eg javascript) - at least to make an old hacker like me happy that the archive is what someone saw/would have seen at the time it was created.This is not always how the real world currently works. For example, zillions of business agreements are made by just faxing signature pages of emailed documents and those arrangements are legally binding. Archived contracts do not normally include the entire set of relevant statutes, etc. Be careful about asserting what problem must be solved. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. _______________________________________________________________________ XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS to support XML implementation and development. To minimize spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ Or unsubscribe: xml-dev-unsubscribe@lists.xml.org subscribe: xml-dev-subscribe@lists.xml.org List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php -- swilliams@hpti.com http://www.hpti.com Per: sdw@lig.net http://sdw.st Stephen D. Williams 703-371-9362C 703-995-0407Fax 20147 AIM: sdw |