[office] Work Packages Proposal

Hello all,


One of my action items was to suggest work packages. To do so, I 
proceeded as follows:

I have extracted all element names from the base DTD. I then grouped 
those into chapters representing 'conceptual' units that make sense to 
be convered together. Each (sub-)chapter then would constitute a work 
packages. I have added some comments where I felt my choices needed 
explanation.

A problem with the 'conceptual' units is that the amounts of time per 
package may differ widely; this must be taken into account when using 
them as basis for planning.

Note that the work packages strictly follows the existing base 
specification. It doesn't include any of the other first phase issues, 
such as defining extension mechanisms and policies. [1]

Also, you will no doubt notice that I cheated in a few spots: There are 
some chapters labeled 'Other ...', which really means I'm not quite done 
with the grouping. :-P

Without preempting Michael's prerogative to set the meeting agenda, I 
would suggest that we start with chapter one (essentially, the top-level 
structure of the document, without the document details). We've got to 
start somewhere... :-)


Sincerely,
Daniel



[1] ...which I expect to be a rather controversial topic: Users and the 
content management crowd will almost certainly prefer general and 
powerful extensibility. As an applications person, however, I'm well 
aware that very general extensibility is easy to define but basically 
impossible to implement in an office app. The challenge is to find 
something implementable, which is good enough and powerful enough for 
the users.