DR 09-0206: WML: Custom markup wording improvement

Rick Jelliffe rjelliffe at allette.com.au
Sun May 31 07:53:37 CEST 2009


Shawn Villaron wrote:
>
> *Nature of the Defect:*
>
> Para 2 begins "For these scenarios, multiple facilities are provided 
> for the insertion and round-tripping of customer defined semantics 
> within a WordprocessingML document."
>
> This sentence redundantly anticipates the next, which is rather more 
> precise.
>
> *Here is the proposed response for this DR:*
>
> The exact changes are as follows:
>
> For these scenarios, multiple facilities are provided for the 
> insertion and round-tripping of customer defined semantics within a 
> WordprocessingML document. _In particular, there _There are three 
> distinct forms in which customer-defined semantics can be inserted 
> into a WordprocessingML document, each with their own specific 
> intended usage:
>
> I’ve like to suggest that we move this to LAST CALL.
>
> shawn
>
Why isn't it a conformance requirement with standard "shall" 
terminology? E.g.

"A conforming WordprocessingML document shall use one of the three forms 
provided in this section for the markup of semantics additional to those 
provided by this standard."

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe



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