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WD04 comments [3 Thorsten]

From: Robin LaFontaine <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:53:00 -0000

I think we need further review not so much of the proposals but of the underlying issues. We started with one proposal, GCT, which was an offering to provide change tracking across all of ODF. Microsoft then proposed a different approach which built on ODF 1.2 CT and covered only ODT. These were very different approaches, and both had keen supporters. There must be some reason for this. The work we have been doing in developing the report is to identify the fundamental issues that drive these different approaches. And I think we have done that, and the Conclusion in the report identifies those issues (probably not all of them). Therefore I think we need feedback on those issues, more so than on the specific proposals. It is difficult to develop a solution unless you know the goals and constraints, and the relative importance of each of them. And I agree with Rob that the wider community can help to provide that. But I do not think it is reasonable to ask them to evaluate the proposals in detail - we have done that and this report details the advantages and disadvantages of each. The question is: which of the features/benefits are most important to the stakeholders? Let's get the report out, then we can look at Svante's work while we await feedback. Robin On 11/01/2012 19:37, [email protected] wrote: ..snip The proposal is to solicit further review of the only two proposals we have in front of us. Despite 12 months time for anyone else to bring forward an additional proposal, this is what we have now. If you or anyone else has an additional proposal to make, I'm sure we'd all love to receive it, discuss it, and subject it to the same level of scrutiny that the existing two proposals have had. Having more choices is a good thing. Although I am not abandoning all hope that there is a 3rd proposal, better than the two we have, and one that we'd all agree on, the fact that no such proposal has emerged, not even in outline, after a year of discussion, makes me less confident that this is likely. Of course, I'd love to be proven wrong here. -Rob ..snip -- -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Robin La Fontaine, Director, DeltaXML Ltd Experts in information change T: +44 1684 592 144 E: [email protected] http://www.deltaxml.com Registered in England 02528681 Reg. Office: Monsell House, WR8 0QN, UK