Re: [office] Continued Lists

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Re: [office] Continued Lists
Right.   No need for a presentation.
 Maybe just 5 minutes to discuss the status of the proposal, next
steps, etc.  I just want to make sure it is on our radar and that
we have a few minutes if anyone has questions.

-Rob

<> wrote on 03/23/2012
05:11:03 AM:

> From: Oliver-Rainer Wittmann <>

> To: , 

> Date: 03/23/2012 05:11 AM

> Subject: Re: [office] Continued Lists

> Sent by: <>

> 

> Hi,

> 

> if there is demand for it, I will be prepared for it.

> I except that there are further questions which want to be answered.

> I assume that there is no need to give a presentation about the

> corresponding proposal.

> Right?

> 

> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

> Oliver-Rainer Wittmann

> 

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> From:   

> To:   Oliver-Rainer Wittmann/Germany/IBM@IBMDE

> Cc:   

> Date:   21.03.2012 03:20

> Subject:   Re: [office] Continued Lists

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> 

> 

> Hi Oliver,   if I put this on the agenda for next week can you
talk about

> this?  We can discuss for maybe 15 minutes?

> 

> -Rob

> 

> <> wrote on 03/16/2012 07:22:26 AM:

> 

> > From: Oliver-Rainer Wittmann <>

> > To: ,

> > Date: 03/16/2012 07:23 AM

> > Subject: Re: [office] Continued Lists

> > Sent by: <>

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> > sorry for the late response and that I did not fullfill my promise
- the

> > last days were quite busy.

> >

> > May be you should have a look at the proposal text which brought

> attribute

> > text:continue-list into ODF 1.2 [1]

> > Here is a quote from this proposal text regarding attribute

> > text:continue-list:

> > <quote>

> > The purpose of these new attributes is to continue the numbering
of an

> > arbitrary preceding list regardless of the applied list styles.
It also

> > ensures that lists in <text:numbered-paragraph> representation
can also

> > better be modeled in the <text:list> representation.

> > These new attributes should be optional and are only valid for
top-level

> > <text:list> elements. It should be used in favor of the
existing

> > text:continue-numbering attribute that has the limitations described

> below.

> > </quote>

> >

> > What is missing in the specification is that text:continue-list
is only

> > valid for top-level <text:list> elements. This was in the
proposal text,

> > but somehow got lost.

> >

> > What is also missing is that the attribute text:continue-list
shall only

> > refer a top-level <text:list> element. The proposed attribute
text:id was

> > replace by xml:id, but somehow the previously mentioned wording
got lost.

> >

> > Thus, this attribute shall only connect to top-level <text:list>
elements

> > together in order to form more or less one list. With is esp.
used, when

> a

> > list is spread through certain table cells.

> >

> > Another important reason for this attribute and the corresponding
xml:id

> > was to clarify the transformation between the alternative approaches
to

> > represent lists in ODF - <text:list> together with <text:list-item>
vs.

> > <text:numbered-paragraph>

> >

> > For <text:numbered-paragraph> mandatory attribute <text:list-id>
has been

> > proposed and integrated into ODF 1.2.

> >

> >

> > [1]

> > http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/23418/07-04-05-

> > proposal-lists.odt

> >  found on proposal list in our wiki [2]

> > [2] http://wiki.oasis-open.org/office/List_of_Proposals

> >

> >

> > Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

> > Oliver-Rainer Wittmann

> >

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> > IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH / Vorsitzende
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> > Aufsichtsrats: Martina Koederitz

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> Stuttgart,

> > HRB 243294

> >

> >

> >

> > From:   Svante Schubert <>

> > To:   

> > Date:   29.02.2012 14:47

> > Subject:   [office] Continued Lists

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> >

> >

> >

> > I got a question in regard of the @text:continue-list attribute:

> > http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/os/OpenDocument-v1.2-os-

> > part1.html#attribute-text_continue-list

> >

> >

> > It is obvious that this attribute connects two (or more) lists
elements

> > within a document, where the following list has the @text:continue-list

> > attribute referencing to the previous list.

> > From my understanding those lists are not equal to one list,
which embeds

> > all the in between content, because:

> >    1.   The ODF 1.2 schema only allows paragraphs,
headings, soft-page

> breaks

> >       and (nested) lists within a list. The in
between content may be

> >       arbitrary.

> >    2.   The usual indent of list content is likely
not to apply to the in

> >       between content (unspecified - what is the
user expectation?)

> >

> >

> > What puzzles me, is the spec is not precise in regard of

> >    1.   @text:continue-list only allowing an xml:id
of a list, that has

> the

> >       same nested/indent level as the referenced
list

> >    2.   What happens if one of both list's list
item are

> increased/decreased

> >       in list level?

> >

> >

> > Can someone remember the use case for this feature and/or reference
to

> the

> > discussion?

> > Does this feature exists as well in other formats?

> >

> >

> > Thanks in advance,

> > Svante

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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