DR 09-0167 ? SML: Embedded Control Persistence Part Media Type

[Arms, Caroline]

FYI    This DR refers to the wrong clause.  It should be 15.2.9.  The page number is correct.

Caroline Arms
Library of Congress Contractor
Co-compiler of Sustainability of Digital Formats resource
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/

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From: Chris Rae [Chris.Rae at microsoft.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 5:55 PM
To: MURATA Makoto (FAMILY Given); e-SC34-WG4 at ecma-international.org
Subject: RE: DR 09-0167 ? SML: Embedded Control Persistence Part Media Type

I think it would be a little strange to normatively document ActiveX in IS 29500. The intent of this element is to allow for application-specific controls to be embedded, and I don't think it will be popular if we steer people towards implementing ActiveX but not any other embedding technologies.

The right place for this info is inside each vendor's Implementer Notes - for this particular one, it's inside MS-OI29500.pdf (on MSDN at http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/4/8/24862317-78F0-4C4B-B355-C7B2C1D997DB/%5BMS-OI29500%5D.pdf), with the bulk of the info, including schema, appearing in section 6 (page 729).

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: MURATA Makoto (FAMILY Given) [mailto:eb2m-mrt at asahi-net.or.jp]
Sent: 05 September 2010 06:37
To: e-SC34-WG4 at ecma-international.org
Subject: Re: DR 09-0167 ? SML: Embedded Control Persistence Part Media Type

Although other media types are allowed for embedded control persistence parts, I think that 29500 should explain what permissible XML structures and semantics of "application/vnd.ms-office.activeX+xml" .  How do others feel?

Cheers,
Makoto