RE: PLCS TC Editor's usage of the OASIS OpenOffice template.

DITA LIST:

Action Item 023 - OASIS PLCS TC Editor's use of the 
OASIS OpenOffice template.

We polled our group and received the following response 
from Nigel Shaw:

  
"I have been using the OASIS Word Template and 
  have found it, in the British sense, "interesting". For example, I struggled 
  to get the numbering to stretch across into annexes and similarly with 
  cross-references. (there did not seem to be any supporting documentation 
  and the example was limited.) All in all it ended up being a slow process to 
  use it. I was left with the feeling that the developers actually had not 
  really used it, doing their particular standards using the xml route. I would 
  not be surprised if the open office template was similar.

  
I also have some 
  concerns about the reference that appears to be required for standards 
  language (must, shall, etc) and its contradictions with the ISO use of the 
  same terms. "

Regards,

Jerry