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Subject: OFFICE-3311 - Identifiers - review and consolidate identifiers andreferences to identifiers
Greetings! For identifiers we use text:name, style:name and other various mechanisms. http://tools.oasis-open.org/issues/browse/OFFICE-3311 Since names are sometimes displayed and yet must also server as identifiers, that means some names are subject to restrictions, such as no spaces, that other names are not. I propose that we use xml:id as the universal identifier for ODF elements. All pointing is made to an xml:id. Where necessary for other purposes, such as display to users, the various *:name attributes can be retained but for use as names. I see three advantages to this change: 1) Implementors have to implement one pointing mechanism, not several. 2) Localization requires only changing the display string, not internal pointing mechanisms. 3) Depending on the internal processing model, implementations do not have to store names used as targets. It is sufficient that the pointer/target is generated when the document is saved. I am willing to make a list of the elements with attributes that point to other elements, the nature of that pointing mechanism and any other use that is made of either the pointer or target. Along with suggested language deprecating the current mechanisms. (I would prefer to delete it but suspect some transition time has to be allowed for existing applications.) Hope everyone is having a great day! Patrick -- Patrick Durusau patrick@durusau.net Chair, V1 - US TAG to JTC 1/SC 34 Convener, JTC 1/SC 34/WG 3 (Topic Maps) Editor, OpenDocument Format TC (OASIS), Project Editor ISO/IEC 26300 Co-Editor, ISO/IEC 13250-1, 13250-5 (Topic Maps) Another Word For It (blog): http://tm.durusau.net Homepage: http://www.durusau.net Twitter: patrickDurusau Newcomb Number: 1
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