3 Basic Structures of the MSR Application Profile B Technical Terms

A Processing hints

MSRREP.DTD is not very content oriented. Nevertheless some aspects of semantic processing shall be mentioned here.

A.1 technical terms

<tt> can be used to generate specific lists or indexes, even if all types are rendered in the same manner.

A.2 reference checking

all references should be checked

A.3 changes

The strongest semantics is there in <changes>. Therefore the following processing is recommended:

The set of tables to produce should be controlled either by a processing instruction <?chg 1246> or by a runtime argument.

It is also possible to export the changes into other tools like Project Management Systems or Spreadsheets.

A.3.1 Sample Tables from changes

Table 5: object revisions
object rev title effort release date
msrrep.dtd DTD for genereic reports
0.15 initial revision 5 April 96
0.16 improved changes 7 july 96
msrdoc.dtd DTD for MSR engineering doucumentation
0.15 performing major test 7 dec 95
0.16 releas candidate 4 sep96
Table 6: open changes
change priority title related object revision repsonsible page
             
             
             
Table 7: in-progress changes
change priority title related object revision responsible page
             
             
             
Table 8: changes to msrrep.dtd
priority change title state revision responsible page
             
             
             
Table 9: estimated efforts
priority change title related object effort page
A 1 chg-imp improve chg-treatment msrrep.dtd 3 4
A 2 chg-tt Introduce tt msrrep.dtd msrdoc.dtd 1 9
Summary of A Changes 4  

3 Basic Structures of the MSR Application Profile B Technical Terms