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Subject: Re: [office] Groups - proposal: preferred view mode upon opening document (08-06-08-proposal00070) uploaded
This is looking good. I am looking forward to the next iteration. wt On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 21:29, Ming Fei Jia <jiamingf@cn.ibm.com> wrote: > Hi Warren, > > "Warren Turkal" <turkal@google.com> wrote on 10/28/2008 01:52:45 AM: > >> From: >> >> "Warren Turkal" <turkal@google.com> >> >> To: >> >> Ming Fei Jia/China/IBM@IBMCN >> >> Cc: >> >> office@lists.oasis-open.org >> >> Date: >> >> 10/27/2008 10:54 PM >> >> Subject: >> >> Re: [office] Groups - proposal: preferred view mode upon opening >> document (08-06-08-proposal00070) uploaded > >> >> Ming and everyone else, >> >> I like the proposal's high-level form at this point, so I am dive into >> the text a little. >> >> The text is a little weak. What do you think of the following text to >> replace your Preferred View Mode description? >> >> The manifest:preferred-view-mode attribute is meant to provide a >> preference on how the author of the document would like the document >> to be presented upon the document being opened. This attribute is only >> applicable to the root file entry with the full path "/". <<<I don't >> understand the previous sentence, so I left it intact.>>> > I explained it before. For each stream in ODF zip package, there corresponds > to a file entry. Only the root file entry has media type as ODF document > type, e.g."application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text". So I put the preferred > view mode attribute in the root file entry. >> There are 3 view modes defined in this spec: "edit", >> "presentation-slide-show" and >> "read-only". Alternatively, a namespaced value may be used for >> application specific views. > This wording is very similar with Dennis's wording in the previous mail. I > copy it here. > "Alternatively, a namespaced value may be used to specify a custom value for > the preferred view mode." > The wording game is interesting. I am a little in favor of yours since it is > more simple. > >>Preferred view modes are not necessarily >> generally applicable to all MIME types, and the default preferred view >> mode is application specific. > Dennis also provided a wording for the default value. I copy it here. > "There is no default value. The behavior of application software is not > specified for cases where manifest:preferred-view-mode is absent or the > value is one not provided for." > I think "default preferred view mode is application specific" and "There is > no default value" have no fundermental difference. It is only a wording > game. It depends on we say who has default value. If we say the application > has default value, "the default preferred view mode is application specific" > is more appropriate. If we say standard has default value. "there is no > default value" is more appropriate. I prefer your sentence plus Dennis' > second sentence. That is "the default preferred view mode is application > specific.The behavior of application software is not specified for cases > where manifest:preferred-view-mode is absent or the value is one not > provided for." > >> >> Also, the "MIME type" phrase is inconsistent even in the snippet of >> the spec document that you posted. What should we be using? "MIME >> type", "mime type", and "mime-type" are all used in the spec document >> snippet you gave. > I think MIME type is correct. Refer to OpenDocument-v1.2-draf7-10.odt, > chapter 1.6 MIME types and Name Extensions. >> >> We should also add some text about how each of the predefined modes >> works. For instance, if a document calls for edit mode and the app >> only support read-only mode, it should probably fall back to read-only >> mode. > I think Dennis word "The behavior of application software is not specified > for cases where manifest:preferred-view-mode is absent or the value is one > not provided for." includes this meaning. If the value is one not supported > by the application, the processing is application specific. >> >> Thanks, >> wt >> >> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 08:25, <jiamingf@cn.ibm.com> wrote: >> > The document revision named proposal: preferred view mode upon opening >> > document (08-06-08-proposal00070) has been submitted by Mr. Mingfei Jia >> > to >> > the OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC >> > document repository. This document is revision #2 of >> > 08-06-08-proposal00070. >> > >> > Document Description: >> > Defined preferred view mode upon opening a document. Pre-defined 3 view >> > modes:edit,read-only,and presentation-slide-show. Also defined the >> > custom >> > view mode pattern that takes a namespacedToken value. >> > >> > View Document Details: >> > http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=29788 >> > >> > Download Document: >> > http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/29788/08-06-08- >> proposal00070 >> > >> > Revision: >> > This document is revision #2 of 08-06-08-proposal00070. The document >> > details page referenced above will show the complete revision history. >> > >> > >> > PLEASE NOTE: If the above links do not work for you, your email >> > application >> > may be breaking the link into two pieces. You may be able to copyand >> > paste >> > the entire link address into the address field of your web browser. >> > >> > -OASIS Open Administration >> > >
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