Re: [office-comment] office:version (ODF all versions)

Alex, all,

in ODF 1.2, the office:version attribute is mandatory.

Best regards

Michael

On 05/16/09 16:35, Alex Brown wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> ODF documents valid to the ODF schema can use the office:version
> attribute to indicate which version of the spec they claim conformance
> to.
> 
> However, this attribute is optional (something implementations take
> advantage of, by sometimes omitting to use it).
> 
> When this attribute is absent, how can a document consumer know which
> version of the spec is meant to be in force?
> 
> I believe this attribute should be mandatory, otherwise meaningful
> conformance testing for ODF documents become impossible in cases where
> it is not used.
> 
> - Alex.
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