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Re: [office] Clarification request for 17.5

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Michael Brauer <>
Date
2006-09-06T14:36:40+00:00
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Re: [office] Clarification request for 17.5
As discussed in the last work call, the proposed resolution is to 
replace the first bullet with:

"only sub files within the same package and files outside the package 
can be referenced"

Best reagrds

Michael

Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg wrote:

> David Faure wrote:
> 
>> The spec (both 1.0 and 1.1) has the following sentence in 17.5
>>
>>   "The following restrictions exist for IRIs that are used within a 
>> package:
>>    "• only sub files within the same package can be referenced."
>>
>> If I stopped reading here I'd conclude that I can not reference a file 
>> that is not in the package.  It's clear that this interpretation is 
>> not correct, because the rest of the section clearly states that 
>> external URIs may be referenced. However it is very confusing that the 
>> spec seems to contradict itself on first reading.
>>
>> So, I'd like to propose to replace that first bullet with:
>> • the only sub files that can be referenced are those that are in the 
>> same package
> 
> 
> What about
> 
> • only sub files within the same package and external files can be 
> referenced
> 
> or
> 
> • only sub files within the same package and files outside the package 
> can be referenced
> 
>>
>> I make this suggestion after at least 2 different people argued based 
>> on a misinterpretation of this sentence.
>>
> 
> Michael
>
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