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Subject: Re: [office] Re: meta:date vs. dc:~ in OpenDocument v1.0
Hi David, I will add this to our issue list document. Michael David Faure wrote: > On Monday 22 August 2005 13:59, Besten, Jens wrote: > >>Hello David, >> >>after reading the OpenDocument Specification I am lost at one point. I am a >>technical writer for a software company in Cologne, Germany. >> >>My troubles deal with the meta:date Element/Attribute and the dc:date >>Element. >> >>In schema line 669 (page 59) I read: <attribute name="meta:date"> so I think >>"meta:date" is an attribute. But on page 120 I read "This element displays >>the information from the <meta:date> element." . So suddenly meta:date is >>referenced as an element. > > > meta:date is an attribute. There is a mistake in the paragraph that you quote, then. > I am cc'ing the technical committee so that they note that this paragraph must be fixed. > > >>And, completing the chaos, there is also - and >>perhaps more important - the <dc:date> - Element, so that meta-date appears >>to be redundant. > > > meta:date seems to be used inside the meta:template element, whereas dc:date > is the much more generic "date of this document" value. I am not sure why > meta:template uses meta:date though, hopefully someone from the committee will know. > > >>All in all a good job, we are thinking about joining the OpenDocument >>movement. > > > This is good to hear! > -- Michael Brauer Phone: +49 40 23646 500 Technical Architect Software Engineering Fax: +49 40 23646 550 StarOffice Development Sun Microsystems GmbH Sachsenfeld 4 D-20097 Hamburg, Germany e-mail: michael.brauer@sun.com
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