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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear Shawn, all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If we provide a formal definition for term “relationship type” (which I think we should), then the table on Page 22 should be updated simply to mentioned the term. In other words, we can say that the value of the @Type attribute shall be “a relationship type”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>However, what I think what was/is puzzling me here is this mention of a “function” or “role”. What do these mean here? Can the same _<i>type</i>_ of relationship play different _<i>roles</i>_ in a package? (I don’t think so – the same resource can be the target of different-type relationships, however).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>To cut to the chase (and after a chat with Murata-san), I think the relationship type is just an arbitrary URI which the Standard specifies shall be used for various distinct types of Relationship … this is probably why it is called @Type and not @Role or somesuch. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>So I think a better definition might be simply:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>relationship type</span></b><span style='color:black'> – a URI used to identify the type of a relationship<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>This relies on the definition for Relationship being correct – and I don’t think it is. We have:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=Definition>relationship</span> —The kind of connection between a source part and a target part in a package. Relationships make the connections between parts directly discoverable without looking at the content in the parts, and without altering the parts themselves. (See also Package Relationships.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>A relationship is not a “kind of” (read “type of”) connection, but a connection itself! So I think a better definition would be:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=Definition>relationship</span> — A connection between a source part and a target part in a package. (See also Package Relationships.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>These changes would fix things up on this DR, I think.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>On your other point, I too have surveyed the 405 other uses of “type” in the text and agree they seem ok!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>- Alex.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> Shawn Villaron [mailto:shawnv@microsoft.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> 01 April 2010 04:21<br><b>To:</b> SC 34 WG4<br><b>Cc:</b> Richard Bretschneider<br><b>Subject:</b> DR 09-0322 - OPC: Types<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Good morning, afternoon and evening,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>In going over the DR log I noticed this defect report. On our January 7<sup>th</sup> teleconference we decided to add a new a new entry for ‘relationship type’ into the Terms and Definitions section of Part 2:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><u><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'>relationship type </span></u></b><u><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'>— A URI. Identifies the function of a relationship within the package, as defined in the Standard. Format designers may define new relationship types as needed. <o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I believe we left it with an ask of GB to determine if this was satisfactory. GB folks, any thoughts on if this addresses the initial request?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>In the meantime, I’ve gone through the 405 instances of ‘type’ in Part 2 looking for ambiguous references ( that is, when it is unclear what type is specifying ). I found that all cases of ‘type’ were well qualified and unambiguous. As such, I don’t think we have anything else to do regarding replacing any instances of ‘type’ with anything else to provide more clarity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>What do we think about this DR?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>shawn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br>______________________________________________________________________<br>This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System.<br>For more information please visit <a href="http://www.messagelabs.com/email">http://www.messagelabs.com/email</a> <br>______________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><BR>
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