WG4's handling of DR-09-0248 - General: Removing the need for qualifiers on attributes in Strict

[MURATA Makoto (FAMILY Given)]

> 
> Of course, it would be great to have all examples updated, but
> realistically I don't think anyone would go through list of CORs and
> AMDs and manually apply changes to ISO/IEC 29500:2008. So I still think
> that for amendment it would be sufficient just to say, that in all
> examples in Part 1 when considered for Strict prefixes w: (and few
> others as you mention below) are removed from attributes. When complete
> revised text is published again as ISO/IEC 29500:20XX, then examples of
> course will be updated, but there will be more time for doing this
> intensive editorial work.

I continue to feel uneasy unless I understand minor details.  We're 
running out of time.  Please provide required instructions, 
demonstrate that incorrect non-normative examples are not that 
harmful.  Review all occurrences of at least a few attributes and 
show which one has to be corrected by which instruction and which one 
does not have to be corrected.

> Moreover, it seems that you see main problem in examples. But those
> examples are just informative part of the standard (see Part 1/Section
> 7/Page 16), so this IMHO decreases need to literally add them into AMD1.

I do not know if occurrences of WML-qualified attributes are restricted 
to examples.  I know that they occur in examples but they may appear 
elsewhere.

> As there will be other changes in schema, wouldn't it be easier just to
> dump complete new schema into AMD1? This will be just one editing
> instruction: replace old schema with new one.

This is not the way the Defect Log has been prepared.  I believe that 
the upcoming DCORs and FPDAMs will contain many small changes.  One
could argue against that style, but it is too late to do so.

Cheers,
Makoto