Hi there!
This was already posted a few days ago on the developer mailing list and
on the "wrong/old" specification mailing list :-( . So here it is again
on the right specification mailing list...
In EIS ( http://eis.services.openoffice.org ) there is a new menu entry
"Misc/Check specification" available.
As you all might know for new StarOffice/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
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