[OASIS Issue Tracker] Created: (OFFICE-2198) What exactly is meantby "the beginning of a document"?

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What exactly is meant by "the beginning of a document"?
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                 Key: OFFICE-2198
                 URL: http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-2198
             Project: OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: ODF 1.0
            Reporter: Robert Weir 


Submitter ID
    GB-26300-107a
Nature of defect
    Clarification Required
Document
    ISO/IEC 26300:2006
Clause
    6.3
Page
    107
Description of issue

It is stated "In the OpenDocument file format, a variable must be declared at the beginning of a document".

What exactly is meant by "the beginning of a document"?
Proposal

Clarify the text.
Topic for discussion

The word "must" is here used incorrectly as prescribed by the ISO/IEC Directives. Are this and other similar usages defects that should be corrected?



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