[OASIS Issue Tracker] (OFFICE-4145) questionable wording in 1.5 Non Normative References, part 1

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Francis Cave commented on OFFICE-4145:
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All parts of ODF, except Part 1, contain non-normative references. However, that might not remain the case in future editions. For example, Part 2 only contains two non-normative references, and it is conceivable (if unlikely) that both might be removed from future editions. I would therefore prefer to avoid the use of "each". Also "the individual parts" suggests all parts, but Part 1 doesn't contain any non-normative references, so saying "the individual parts (each) contain..." sounds contradictory. I would therefore prefer the following wording in Part 1: "Other parts of the OpenDocument specification contain further non-normative references." This by implication (a) excludes Part 1, but specifically doesn't imply _all_ other parts.

If this is an acceptable wording, this issue can be closed and moved to GitHub issue #35 (ODF Specification Typo List).

> questionable wording in 1.5 Non Normative References, part 1
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>                 Key: OFFICE-4145
>                 URL: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/OFFICE-4145
>             Project: OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Regina Henschel
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: editorial
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> The current text in 1.5 Non Normative References in part 1 is:
> The individual parts of the OpenDocument specification may contains further non normative references.
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> I stumble about "may contains".
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> I could image something like:
> The individual parts of the OpenDocument specification each lists its own set of non normative references.
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> or
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> The individual parts of the OpenDocument specification contain further non normative references.
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> It is editorial, but because I'm not sure about a correct wording I have put it into an issue instead of our type list.



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