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Subject: Re: [office] Continued Lists
- From: robert_weir@us.ibm.com
- To: Oliver-Rainer Wittmann <ORWITT@de.ibm.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:20:17 -0400
Hi Oliver, if I put this on the
agenda for next week can you talk about this? We can discuss for
maybe 15 minutes?
-Rob
<office@lists.oasis-open.org> wrote on 03/16/2012
07:22:26 AM:
> From: Oliver-Rainer Wittmann <ORWITT@de.ibm.com>
> To: office@lists.oasis-open.org,
> Date: 03/16/2012 07:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [office] Continued Lists
> Sent by: <office@lists.oasis-open.org>
>
> Hi,
>
> sorry for the late response and that I did not fullfill my promise
- the
> last days were quite busy.
>
> May be you should have a look at the proposal text which brought attribute
> text:continue-list into ODF 1.2 [1]
> Here is a quote from this proposal text regarding attribute
> text:continue-list:
> <quote>
> The purpose of these new attributes is to continue the numbering of
an
> arbitrary preceding list regardless of the applied list styles. It
also
> ensures that lists in <text:numbered-paragraph> representation
can also
> better be modeled in the <text:list> representation.
> These new attributes should be optional and are only valid for top-level
> <text:list> elements. It should be used in favor of the existing
> text:continue-numbering attribute that has the limitations described
below.
> </quote>
>
> What is missing in the specification is that text:continue-list is
only
> valid for top-level <text:list> elements. This was in the proposal
text,
> but somehow got lost.
>
> What is also missing is that the attribute text:continue-list shall
only
> refer a top-level <text:list> element. The proposed attribute
text:id was
> replace by xml:id, but somehow the previously mentioned wording got
lost.
>
> Thus, this attribute shall only connect to top-level <text:list>
elements
> together in order to form more or less one list. With is esp. used,
when a
> list is spread through certain table cells.
>
> Another important reason for this attribute and the corresponding
xml:id
> was to clarify the transformation between the alternative approaches
to
> represent lists in ODF - <text:list> together with <text:list-item>
vs.
> <text:numbered-paragraph>
>
> For <text:numbered-paragraph> mandatory attribute <text:list-id>
has been
> proposed and integrated into ODF 1.2.
>
>
> [1]
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/23418/07-04-05-
> proposal-lists.odt
> found on proposal list in our wiki [2]
> [2] http://wiki.oasis-open.org/office/List_of_Proposals
>
>
> Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards
> Oliver-Rainer Wittmann
>
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> From: Svante Schubert <svante.schubert@gmail.com>
> To: office@lists.oasis-open.org
> Date: 29.02.2012 14:47
> Subject: [office] Continued Lists
> Sent by: <office@lists.oasis-open.org>
>
>
>
> I got a question in regard of the @text:continue-list attribute:
> http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/os/OpenDocument-v1.2-os-
> part1.html#attribute-text_continue-list
>
>
> It is obvious that this attribute connects two (or more) lists elements
> within a document, where the following list has the @text:continue-list
> attribute referencing to the previous list.
> From my understanding those lists are not equal to one list, which
embeds
> all the in between content, because:
> 1. The ODF 1.2 schema only allows paragraphs,
headings, soft-page breaks
> and (nested) lists within a list. The in between
content may be
> arbitrary.
> 2. The usual indent of list content is likely
not to apply to the in
> between content (unspecified - what is the user
expectation?)
>
>
> What puzzles me, is the spec is not precise in regard of
> 1. @text:continue-list only allowing an xml:id
of a list, that has the
> same nested/indent level as the referenced list
> 2. What happens if one of both list's list item
are increased/decreased
> in list level?
>
>
> Can someone remember the use case for this feature and/or reference
to the
> discussion?
> Does this feature exists as well in other formats?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Svante
>
>
>
>
>
>
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