On 27/10/06, Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Since ODF is a file format, it does not generate IDs. Only ODF applications can do so. It is of course an error if an application generates the same ID for two elements. > > ODF has not addressed this in the spec. The focus seems to be on the > presented content, not the XML on disk (wrong IMHO). That's indirectly addressed in the spec. IDs have the W3C XSD datatype ID, and it requires uniqueness. There is no need to rephrase that in the specification.
Since applications are generating duplicate ID values, I think this does need addressing in the spec. The value of ODF perceived by many is that the information stored on disk has a far longer life than proprietary formats. If ODF is producing invalid XML (if you want to define duplicate ID's as invalid) then the public are being fooled. I believe ODF should require unique id values be generated by implementations. Since there is no validation suite, I guess this is a moot point. regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
