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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='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Murata-san<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>You make a good point. The same default value might not make sense in all these cases. The four cases you mention are in fact the only cases where a SpreadsheetML element uses the complex type CT_Color:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>§</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>18.3.1.15 color<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>§</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>18.3.1.93 tabColor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>§</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>18.8.3 bgColor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>§</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>18.8.19 fgColor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>In all these cases the description of @auto is the same: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>A boolean value indicating the color is automatic and system color dependent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’ve checked MS-OI29500, and the notes for each of the first three elements (i.e. excluding fgColor) all cross-refer to one another, indicating that what is said about one also applies to the other two. That suggests that Excel uses a default value of </span><span style='font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>false</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> for @auto in all the cases color, tabColor and bgColor.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>On checking the MS-OI29500 notes for </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>§</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>18.8.19 fgColor, I find that this too cross-refers to the notes on the other three elements, which I take to imply that Excel also uses the default value of </span><span style='font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>false</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> for @auto in this case.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>The second paragraph under </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>§</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>18.3.1.15 color states:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> The auto attribute shall not be used in the context of data bars.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>A strict interpretation would mean that it is an error to include @auto in the context of the element dataBar. For example, the following is non-conformant according to the prose, although allowable according to the schema: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> <dataBar><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> <cfvo type="min"/><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> <cfvo type="max"/><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> <color auto="false" rgb="FF638EC6"/><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> </dataBar><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>However, I have tested this in Excel, and Excel does not complain. LibreOffice does not complain either.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Francis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> eb2mmrt@gmail.com [mailto:eb2mmrt@gmail.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>MURATA Makoto<br><b>Sent:</b> 07 September 2017 03:15<br><b>To:</b> SC 34 WG4 <e-SC34-WG4@ecma-international.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: DR-17-0027, "SML: omissions and inconsistencies in the specification of attributes"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>> §18.3.1.93 tabColor (@auto) (complex type: CT_TabColor) – default value false<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The complex type is CT_Color. But this complex type is shared by elements <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>such as color, tabColor, fgColor, and bgColor. If we introduce a default value to <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>this complex type, it will apply to these elements. Is this OK?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Makoto<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>2017-09-06 23:23 GMT+09:00 Rex Jaeschke <<a href="mailto:rex@rexjaeschke.com" target="_blank">rex@rexjaeschke.com</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>Praying for the victims of the Japan Tohoku earthquake<br><br>Makoto<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>