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  1. OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
  2. OFFICE-3319

ODF 1.2 Part 1 Section 9.9 Offers No Control over the Showing of Tracked Changes

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    • Type: Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Priority: Major
    • Resolution: No Action
    • Affects Version/s: ODF 1.2 CD 05
    • Fix Version/s: ODF 1.2 CD 06
    • Component/s: Public Review, Table
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    • Environment:

      This issue applies to all prior versions since ODF 1.0. This issue is stated in terms that are specific to ODF 1.2 CD05 Part 1.

    • Proposal:
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      [Dennis]

      Add to the <table:tracked-changes> element the additional optional attribute table:show-changes.

      For the description of table:show-changes add the following description:

      """
      The table:show-changes attribute specifies to document consumers whether the document producer recommends that any tracked changes be shown in a visible way as part of the presentation of the tables having such changes. The defined values for the table:show-changes attribute are:

      • false: do not show the tracked changes
      • true: show the tracked changes

      The default value for the attribute is true.

      OpenDocument Consumers that do not support table:show-changes="true" should not preserve any <table:tracked-changes> element in any derivative produced of the <office:spreadsheet element>.

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      [Eike]
      Resolve as No Action.

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      [Dennis] Add to the <table:tracked-changes> element the additional optional attribute table:show-changes. For the description of table:show-changes add the following description: """ The table:show-changes attribute specifies to document consumers whether the document producer recommends that any tracked changes be shown in a visible way as part of the presentation of the tables having such changes. The defined values for the table:show-changes attribute are: false: do not show the tracked changes true: show the tracked changes The default value for the attribute is true. OpenDocument Consumers that do not support table:show-changes="true" should not preserve any <table:tracked-changes> element in any derivative produced of the <office:spreadsheet element>. or - [Eike] Resolve as No Action.

      Description

      The attribute table:track-changes (with default value "false" starting with ODF 1.0) is used to indicate whether changes were being tracked when the document was produced and whether that is the initial setting for a consumer that supports change tracking.

      Although it is clear that the acceptance and rejection of changes and the means by which change tracking is initiated and suspended is a matter for an OpenDocument processor to deal with, it seems strange that the recommendation to show tracked changes is also not an interoperably-defined attribute of the <table:tracked-changes> element.

      [Consideration for <text:tracked-changes> will be addressed in a separate issue.]

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            • Assignee:
              erack Eike Rathke (Inactive)
              Reporter:
              orcmid Dennis Hamilton (Inactive)
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