Hi Patrick,
Patrick Durusau wrote:
> Leonard,
>
> Leonard Mada wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> ...
>>
>> A possible solution is an option that requires that all tracking
>> changes are deleted IF a document is saved with a different name.
>> This should be set by default.
> Interesting suggestion but what if I want the tracking changes even if
> the document is saved with a different name?
Hmmm, ... unckeck option?
IF a file get renamed, then the (OOo) package should ask, IF all
metadata should be stripped away or kept in the new document. Just my
suggestion.
> One of the changes that will be introduced for metadata in ODF 1.2 is
> the ability to have asynchronous metadata for an ODF document. That is
> you and I can maintain separate metadata for the same document, say in
> a contract negotiation situation.
Interesting point, but I have some trouble understanding how this will
work in practice, e.g. when renaming/moving the document. This poses
some of the problems that are touched also in one of the issues I posted
on the OOo Bugzilla (see Automatic Backup Repository,
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=80909).
> While we enable that capability by a specified binding mechanism
> (metadata manifest file) we do not specify how any particular
> application would in fact implement that capability. ODF is a document
> markup format and not an application specification, although we do
> walk a fine line between those two at times.
Indeed, I do not know, IF this feature needs to be specified inside the
ODF-document (BUT some implementation details mentioned in the
'Automatic Backup Repository' might be well suited for mentioning here).
And finally, I wish all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Sincerely,
Leonard
> Hope you are having a great holiday season!
>
> Patrick
