WD04 comments [1 Svante]

Svante commented as follows:
    1) Insufficient specification of the minimum set of
functionality to be support ODF interoperability
    2) Compatibility for collaboration has not been provided,
although it would be possible and is the next step of the SC
Please let me know what changes you would like to see.
Regarding (1), the document is not intended to be a specification,
so I am unclear about your comment.
Perhaps the statement in 4 Scope,  This expansion includes not
only the areas within ODF but also the need for collaboration.
could be expanded if you can provide some text.
Section 6 includes this:
The focus of both ECT and GCT is on change tracking rather than
collaborative editing. Recently one member of the SC has been
looking in more detail at collaborative editing based on the
Google wave methodology. A major difference between this approach
and ECT/GCT change tracking is that the edits are represented in a
document separate from the original document. This separate
document specifies Operational Transformations (OT), each of which
has an effect on the original document. This has advantages in
some, though not all, applications. Work is ongoing and no
specification for this has yet been presented to the SC for
discussion. Initial feedback shows that GCT is proving useful as a
way of specifying the effect of an OT, and it is possible that the
external change document could be related in a formal way to a GCT
representation. However, this is not yet worked out in any detail.
You mentioned in the call recent advances in this area and so
perhaps something needs to be added here.
As mentioned in the call, please provide this within two weeks so
we can update the document.
Robin
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