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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m hoping that one of the XML experts on WG4 can help me determine the right approach for handling a set of open defect reports.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The following defect reports relate to the lengths of buffers for some of our entities:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>DR 09-0063 — WML, Fields: Form Field Properties length<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> Part 1, §17.16.17, “ffData (Form Field Properties)”, p. 1412<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>DR 09-0064 — WML, Simple Types: ST_FFHelpTextVal length<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> Part 1, §17.18.25, “ST_FFHelpTextVal”, p. 1534<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>DR 09-0065 — WML, Simple Types: ST_FFName length<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> Part 1, §17.18.26, ST_FFName, p. 1535<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>DR 09-0066 — WML, Simple Types: ST_MacroName length<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> Part 1, §17.18.51, “ST_MacroName”, p. 1563<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>DR 09-0068 — SML, Styles: name attribute length<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> Part 1, §18.8.29, “name (Font Name)”, p. 1965<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>DR 09-0069 — SML, Pivot Tables: longText attribute length<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'> Part 1, §18.10.1.90, “sharedItems (Shared Items)”, p. 2164<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We’ve currently defined each of these buffers in terms of number of characters. My notes say that there is WG4 interest in understanding the lengths of these in octets. But that’s where I’m getting confused.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Since XML specifies a character encoding, shouldn’t <b>characters</b> be the right unit of measurement here? I’ve verified that the buffers defined are correct, so if we’re just waiting for verification, we can write this up and close them out; if we need to use a different unit of measurement, if you can help me figure out what the right unit of measurement is, I can get them written up tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To be clear, I don’t have a strong opinion here; rather, I’d prefer to tap into the XML expertise on WG4 to inform me on the best approach.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As you can imagine, I’m super interested in getting proposals to all of these out ASAP. Any help here would be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>shawn<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>