Dear TC members,
I'm supporting Michael's variant (4a) and, if wanted, also variant (4b).
In my opinion there are the following Pros and Cons for the variants:
Variant (1):
Pros:
(P1.1) well-formed
(P1.2) only contains complete text content elements
Cons:
(C1.1) nested <text:p> elements
(C1.2) not backward-compatible, because <text:meta-field> is new in ODF
Variant (2):
Pros:
(P2.1) can be implemented with existing features. Thus, somehow
backward-compatible, because bookmarks are known - content is preserved,
but not the meta data information.
Cons:
(C2.1) not well-formed
(C2.2) "enhanced OOo input field" can contain only parts of a table or a
list
Variant (3):
Pros:
Cons:
(C3.1) not well-formed
(C3.2) "enhanced OOo input field" can contain only parts of a table or a
list
(C3.3) not backward-compatible, because <text:NEW-TEXT-INPUT-START> and
<text:NEW-TEXT-INPUT-END> would be new
Variant (4a)/(4b):
Pros:
(P4a/b.1) well-formed
(P4a/b.2) only contains complete text content elements
Cons:
(C4a/b.1) not backward-compatible, because <text:NEW-ELEMENT>,
<text:NEW-ELEMENT-PREFIX> and <text:NEW-ELEMENT-SUFFIX> respectively
<text:NEW-ELEMENT-LABEL> would be new
Variant (5):
Pros:
(P5.1) well-formed
(P5.2) only contains complete text content objects
Cons:
(C5.1) nested <text:p> elements
(C5.2) not backward-compatible, because content of <text:input-field>
changes.
The lists of Pros and Cons are the ones, which comes to my mind. Thus,
please provide more Pros and Cons, if you have one, or correct my list,
if from your point of view a certain Pro/Con is not correct.
Looking from my point of view at the above given Pros and Cons I've made
the following conclusions for myself:
- C1.1 and C5.1 are *big" Cons in my opinion. Thus, currently I would
not choose variant (1) or (5).
- In my opinion (2) is better than (3), because of P2.1 respectively
C3.3. Thus, I would not choose (3).
- Thus, (2) and (4a)/(4b) been left over. Currently, I would prefer
(4a)/(4b), because in my opinion (P4a/b.1) and (P4a/b.2) are more
important than (P2.1).
Regards, Oliver.
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