Hi there!
In EIS ( http://eis.services.openoffice.org ) there is a new menu entry "Misc/Check specification" available.
As you all might know for new OpenOffice.org features specification documents should be written. Most of them can be found at http://specs.openoffice.org.
Specification documents MUST use the template available at http://specs.openoffice.org/collaterals/Specification_template.stw
We have a semi-automatic WhatsNewGuide creation process where those documents are automatically parsed and content for the whatsnewguide is extracted. This does only work of course if section headers etc. are kept in tact and if the right template has been used.
The new feature in EIS checks wether a given specification document is suitable for the semi-automatic WhatsNewGuide creation by applying the same XSL-Transformations to it for example.
Unfortunatly for existing specifications not always the right template has been used or wrong modifications have been made to the document. Sometimes specifications are not even using StarOffice Writer documents at all. This means that sometimes the XSL-transformations would work and sometimes they wont. Annother common error detected by this feature in some specifications is to start the abstract section with something like "This document" or similar this is also not suitable for the whatsnewguide creation and should be changed.
Anybody who has been written specifications is encouraged to check them with this new EIS feature. If errors should occur please update the specification by starting with a new document using the correct template and copy the content from the not suitable specification to it.
The feature is also accessible with the following direct URL ( without EIS men�s surrounding it )
http://eis.services.openoffice.org/EIS2/guide.CheckSpecification Kind regards, Bernd Eilers --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
