I have been using XSLT a lot in the
past and I see no conflict, in using XSLT with MCT - quite the
opposite.
Each MCT operation would be related to an XSLT script, which is
being triggered using the operation parameter as XSLT argument.
Very modular approach with clear interfaces.
- Svante
On 23.07.2012 13:27, Robin LaFontaine wrote:
On 20/07/2012 23:55, Patrick Durusau wrote:
The
question facing the TC is what change tracking mechanisms meets
present and future needs, across the widest set of
implementation models. ODF is the basis for *interoperable
interchange* of documents
and *not* a processing model.
This is a key issue and I would ask Rob to include it for a
discussion today in our call.
My understanding is that the scope of ODF includes the processing
of documents outside editing applications.
Here is the statement of purpose of ODF:
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office/charter.php
Statement of Purpose
The purpose of this TC is to create an open, XML-based file
format specification for office applications.
The resulting file format must meet the following requirements:
it must be suitable for office documents containing text,
spreadsheets, charts, and graphical documents,
it must be compatible with the W3C Extensible Markup
Language (XML) v1.0 and W3C Namespaces in XML v1.0
specifications,
it must retain high-level information suitable for editing
the document,
it must be friendly to transformations using XSLT or
similar XML-based languages or tools,
it should keep the document's content and layout
information separate such that they can be processed
independently of each other, and
it should 'borrow' from similar, existing standards
wherever possible and permitted.
Item 4 (my bolding) does seem to be very clear about this, I see
nothing that limits it to interchange (3) only.
The "Anticipated Audience" (at the end of the charter) also
includes "makers of XML or office document processing or editing
solutions;" which again is clear.
A lot of our apparent difficulties relate to this issue - we are
very much involved with 4 and most of the rest of the TC members
with 3. That is why we have different perspectives and why we need
to debate and challenge one another in technical discussion. That
can be difficult at times!
