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<p class=MsoNormal>WG4 members,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I'd like to follow up on the changes we discussed for the
comment collection system. Here are the current changes that the project
team is working on for the comment system:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>1. Support for different scripts: The “Nature of
Correction” and “Proposed Solution” text fields will support
all Unicode characters. This will address concerns of allowing the user to
input data in different languages.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>2. Support for specifying multiple IS29500 references: The user
will be allowed to specify more than one part#-clause#-page# combination for a
specific defect report. The user will have to specify at least one
part#-clause#-page# combination for every DR.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>3. Field Validations: There will be regular expression validation
for the following fields Part number, clause number and page number.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>4. Exporting Data from comment collection system: The
editor will have access to a tool which will generate a word document that
contains all the DRs in a given range of DR numbers. All users will also be
given an option to generate a report of a subset of defect reports returned as
a result set by the query builder tool.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I’m not sure whether these changes will be ready for
next week, but I thought I should let everyone know what’s going on, so
that we can discuss the details as needed. I’ll send more
information when the changes are complete.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>There were also some other changes we had discussed when we
were thinking in terms of the comment collection system being the master
repository of all IS29500 defect reports. Those changes are on hold,
because it looks like the master-repository premise isn’t realistic.
We’ve already seen defect reports submitted via several different
mechanisms: the web site (Japan and Israel have used this option), the form Rex
provided (as used by the UK recently), and another version of the G5 defect
report form (as used by Switzerland). These are all valid processes for
submitting defect reports, and WG4 can’t make use of the web site compulsory.
Furthermore, we probably wouldn’t want to do so, for a variety of reasons.
For example, some defect reports require complicated or subtle formatting, and
those are best prepared in the submitter’s preferred word-processing
software. Some submitters may prefer to work offline. And so on..<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>So the current thinking (which we can discuss in Prague and
the subsequent calls as needed) is that the web site will simply be one of several
options for submitting defect reports, and Rex will manage the processing of
defect reports with his own tracking log, as he is doing already.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>One aspect we will need to discuss and decide is how to
manage comments on defect reports. We had discussed adding threaded
commenting functionality to the system, but that was when we were thinking that
all defect reports would reside in it. I think we’d all agree that
it’s not a good idea to have multiple systems for tracking comments on
defect reports, so we need to settle on an approach that works for all DRs,
regardless of how they’re submitted. Perhaps email will be
sufficient, after we start the regular phone calls. Or we could use a
bug-tracking system for this purpose, as was suggested in Okinawa. We can
discuss these options going forward.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>See you in Prague in a few days.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Doug<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Copperplate Gothic Light","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Doug Mahugh | Lead Standards Professional | Office
Interoperability | 425-707-1182 | <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/dmahugh"><span
style='color:#1F497D'>http://blogs.msdn.com/dmahugh</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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