Re: [office-comment] Re: Unit system tracking

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Bryce L Nordgren <>
Date
2007-06-11T19:07:32+00:00
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Re: [office-comment] Re: Unit system tracking
Alex Hudson <> wrote on 06/11/2007 12:44:50 PM:

> Hey David,
> I probably mostly agree with the end decision, but I think this should
> be kept on the radar. Stuff like <number:currency-style> seems to me a
> horrible mishmash of presentation and meta-data, and this type of
> proposal could sort this out (i.e., separate the "this data is currency
> in USD" from the "format USD values in blue with a $ on the front").

My sentiments exactly.  The changes here are going to affect more than just
the formula spec.  When it's time to add a new data type to the
opendocument spec, that's the time to add it to formula too.

Bryce