DR 12-0017: SML: Worksheet, AutoFilter term not defined

[Chris Rae]

Ah, thanks Rex - I did wonder why I didn't see more ML-specific terms in there. I definitely agree with the proposed move, and can confirm that MDX and OLAP are SpreadsheetML-specific.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Rex Jaeschke [mailto:rex at RexJaeschke.com] 
Sent: 05 May 2013 12:15
To: e-SC34-WG4 at ecma-international.org
Subject: RE: DR 12-0017: SML: Worksheet, AutoFilter term not defined

Thanks for the new definition Chris. However, the terms in Clause 4 are for more fundamental things, and we shouldn't define ML-specific terms there.
For those, we have the following (normative) subclauses:

11.1 Glossary of WordprocessingML-Specific Terms
12.1 Glossary of SpreadsheetML-Specific Terms
13.1 Glossary of PresentationML-Specific Terms
14.1 Glossary of DrawingML-Specific Terms
15.1 Glossary of Shared Terms

So I propose moving Chris's definition of AutoFilter to 12.1.

That said, I see that the terms MDX and OLAP are currently defined in Clause 4. If I understand correctly, these only apply to SpreadsheetML, in which case, they should also be moved to 12.1. [Note that we added these terms as a result of closing out DR 09-0099 - SML: No Normative References or Definitions for "MDX" and "OLAP". But I suspect that we forgot we had the ML-specific term subclauses, and that these 2 new ones should have gone in
12.1 back then. I certainly don't see a good reason why they should be in Clause 4.]

Regards,

Rex




-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Rae [mailto:Chris.Rae at microsoft.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 6:44 PM
To: e-SC34-WG4 at ecma-international.org
Subject: DR 12-0017: SML: Worksheet, AutoFilter term not defined

I've attached a proposed solution to this DR. There's actually quite a lengthy definition of AutoFilter in the primer (Part 1 appendix L.2.2.12) but given the prevalence of the term throughout the rest of the standard I think the correct approach is to define it in Terms and Definitions with the wording in the attached solution.

Chris