[OASIS Issue Tracker] Created: (OFFICE-2251) Value requirements -DDB for example - "Must be a positive integer."

Value requirements - DDB  for example - "Must be a positive integer."
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                 Key: OFFICE-2251
                 URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-2251
             Project: OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: OpenFormula
    Affects Versions: ODF 1.2
            Reporter: Patrick Durusau


Value requirements aren't "must"/"shall", etc. The current text under parameters reads: "lifeTime: the number of periods that the depreciation will occur over. Must be a positive integer."

No, we are *defining* the function and so state: "lifeTime: the number of periods that the depreciation will occur over. A positive integer."

Such that if I have an evaluator that properly implements DDB, by definition it only accepts a positive integer for lifeTime. 

May seem like a small thing but the text becomes confusing when value types are may/will/must, etc. Simply state the requirement and then leave it alone.

This is an example case. Will sweep for others.

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