Open Office XML Format TC Meeting Minutes 7 Jul 2003

MINUTES OF THE OASIS OPEN OFFICE XML FORMAT TC MEETING
JULY, THE 7TH, 2003, 3PM GMT – 3:30PM GMT

Attendees
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Michael Brauer <>, Sun Microsystems
Patrick Durusau <>, Society of Biblical Literature
Gary Edwards <>
David Faure <>
Paul Grosso <>, Arbortext
Daniel Vogelheim <>, Sun Microsystems

Acceptance of Minutes of the June, the 16th meeting
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- Voting was canceled, since the TC did not reach a quorum.

Action Items
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- Phil Boutros: create proposal for unifying change tracking in text and 
table documents
   - in progress
- Daniel Vogelheim: Get in contact with SVG working group.
   - in progress
- Daniel Vogelheim: Comparison of the existing chart specification with 
David Faure's proposal.
   - in progress

Discussion of Work Package 8 Forms
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Daniel Vogelheim explained the design of the current forms 
specification: Forms and controls are stored in elements separately from 
the document content (for instance its paragraphs or spreadsheets), but 
are referenced by "draw:control" shape elements that are regular graphic 
objects. These elements determine where in the document a certain 
control appears, while the control elements within the form specify the 
control's model specific characteristics, like its name or value. Forms 
can be nested. Every control is contained within a form. The current 
form specification is extensible, that is, it supports generic controls 
as well as generic properties for controls. However, Daniel suggested to 
rework these extensibility features. A proposal will be created by him.

New Action Items
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- Daniel Vogelheim: Create proposal for extensibility of form controls

Michael Brauer

OASIS Open Office XML format TC chair