Re: [office] Formula Sub Committee Draft Charter

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Re: [office] Formula Sub Committee Draft Charter
Chris Nokleberg <> wrote on
02/03/2006 03:58:34 PM:

> > That's fine with me.  Whatever we end up with with needs
to be

> > formally specified, so unless we define the syntax of BNF in
a

> > self-contained way, we'll need to refer to an external standard.

> > Whether it is XML 1.1, or RFC 2234 isn't as important to me as
the

> > fact that we're following some authority.

> 

> In case it has been forgotten, the OpenDocument 1.0 spec already

> includes a BNF for the draw:formula attribute. The spreadsheet formula

> spec should probably use the same BNF syntax. The obvious problem
being

> that the syntax of the BNF used for draw:formula is not specified.

> 

Good catch.  9.5.5 "Enhanced
Geometry".  No authority cited there.  But certainly makes
sense that all BNF's in ODF should use the same syntax.

-Rob