Some reviewers found the size and organization of the draft difficult. It would be burdensome for maintenance for the current organization to continue. To encourage maintenance, a split standard would make it easier for working groups and task forces of experts in each field. DIS 29500 is too large, especially part 4, and it contains too much tutorial material. While this material is useful for users, it is burdensome for adequate review, printing and maintenance. VML is deprecated in the DIS and should be removed to its own part or annex. The large size of Part 4 will be difficult for paper versions of the standard, but also makes the electronic version difficult (the PDF links from the TOC do not have sufficient grain to locate clauses.)

The FDIS should be split into 9 parts, each being capable of being considered complete standards. This largely mirrors the current chapter arrangement of Part 1 and Part 4, and would not seem be difficult editorially. The TOC of each should contain entries for each clause and sub-clause at any level. Open Packaging Conventions. DIS Part 1 clauses 1-7, 9 DIS Part 1 clause 8 moved to s2 Scope Merge Part 2 OPC WordProcessingML DIS Part 1 clauses 1-7, 11 DIS Part 1 clause 8 moved to s2 Scope Merge DIS Part 4 s1.1 and s4 SpreadsheetML DIS Part 1 clauses 1-7, 12 DIS Part 1 clause 8 moved to s2 Scope Merge DIS Part 4 s1.2 and s4 PresentationML, DIS Part 1 clauses 1-7, 13 DIS Part 1 clause 8 moved to s2 Scope Merge DIS Part 4 s1.3 and s5 DrawingML, DIS Part 1 clauses 1-7, 14 DIS Part 1 clause 8 moved to s2 Scope Merge DIS Part 4 s1.4 and s 6 VML DIS Part 1 clauses 1-7, 15.2.7 DIS Part 1 clause 8 moved to s2 Scope Merge DIS Part 4 s7 Shared DIS Part 1 clauses 1-7, 15 (except 15.2.7) DIS Part 1 clause 8 moved to s2 Scope Merge DIS s1.5 and s8 Extensibililty DIS Part 1 clauses 1-7, 10 DIS Part 1 clause 8 moved to s2 Scope Merge DIS Part 5 Schemas XML Schemas RELAX NG Schemas NVDL Schemas Note that Part 3 is removed entirely, as it is informative. The normative parts of Part 1 are put with their appropriate specifications. The general introductory pages are repeated; this follows the pattern of IS 19757 in which all parts have the same introduction or scope material. Part 4 Annex C should be split up. Each part should indicate dependencies on other parts. The Schemas should be available in their own part, as well as being available in file form. Publication-dependent formatting, such as line numbering is not appropriate. However, a clear index to the page number of each global declaration (complex type, element, etc) is important.

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Proposed Disposition of DIS 29500 Comment AU-0005 (Modified: 2007-12-27) Agreed. DIS 29500 has two parts that lend themselves to use by other standards: Part 2 (Open Packaging Conventions) and Part 5 (Markup Compatibility and Extensibility). In order to allow for normative references to those parts from other standards, we will make DIS 29500 a multi-part standard, as described below. DIS 29500 will be restructured to consist of the following three parts: DIS 29500-1, which contains the existing Part 1 (Fundamentals), Part 4 (Markup Language Reference), and Part 3 (Primer), the latter being moved to an informative annex. (Note: the disposition for comment JP-0030 moves deprecated features [such as VML] from within these three parts to a new annex of DIS 29500-1.) DIS 29500-2, which contains the existing Part 2 (Open Packaging Convention). DIS 29500-3, which contains the existing Part 5 (Markup Compatibility and Extensibility). The conformance clause for each of these three parts will be structured as follows: DIS 29500-1 will have a variation of the existing conformance clause in Part 1, with the concept of conformance classes introduced, and defined for each of the document types: WordprocessingML, SpreadsheetML, and PresentationML. (See the disposition for comments JP-0027, JP-0028, and JP-0029.) DIS 29500-2 will use the existing conformance clause in Part 2. DIS 29500-3 will use a new conformance clause. (See the disposition for comment JP-0080.) Similar Comments: CL-0039 , CZ-0002 , DE-0120 , DK-0059 , DK-0060 , DK-0061 , DK-0062 , DK-0063 , ECMA-0037 , FI-0003 , IN- 0052 , IN-0054 , JP-0039 , JP-0079 , KE-0003 , NO-0002 , NO-0007 , PT-0008 , PT-0033 , US-0021 , US-0253 , ZA-0006