DR 09-0026

[Jirka Kosek]

MURATA Makoto (FAMILY Given) wrote:
> I was probably the only person in Okinawa who opposed to the addition
> of xml:space as proposed in DR 09-0026.  As an expert, I still think
> that this addition is not needed.  xml:space is for generic XML tools
> such as XML browsers.  Since SpreadsheetML documents are very unlikely
> to be displayed by generic XML tools, every OOXML application program
> can be hardcoded so that it preserves whitespace, when necessary.
> Note that DocBook 5 application programs are required to preserve
> whitespace in the verbatim environment even when this attribute is not
> specified.  Having said that, as a convenor, I am inclined to close
> this issue rather quickly in Prague unless others also oppose to the
> addition of xml:space.

Yes, the whole xml:space usage in OOXML is little bit perverse, but I
think that xml:space should be added to SpreadsheetML to be aligned with
WordprocessingML. (Actually I found this inconsistency myself long time
ago, but I haven't yet time to review already submitted comments and
only "fresh" issues.)

			Jirka

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