ODF: gradient fill on paragraphs, i.a.

Hi all,

currently we have (invalid) draw:fill for header/footer and 
<loext:graphic-properties> containing draw:fill for paragraphs. And 
there are several requests to get gradient fill for tables. I would like 
to make a proposal for the ODF TC. But the solution is not straight 
forward, therefore I want your opinion first.

I don't like to go the way "<loext:graphic-properties> => 
<style:graphic-properties> because the latter contains much more things 
than needed for fill and especially draw:stroke will produce conflicts 
with fo:border. Therefore I would like to use the set 
style-graphic-fill-properties-attlist instead.

So I see these possibilities
A) Make a new empty element (<style:background-fill> for example) with 
ref to style-graphic-fill-properties-attlist. Add the element to 
style-foo-properties-elements where already the <style:background-image> 
element exists.

B) Make a new empty element (<style:background-fill> for example) with 
ref to style-graphic-fill-properties-attlist. Add it as child to 
<style:style>, bundled with suitable family items. That would result in 
something similar to the <loext:graphic-properties> for paragraphs.

C) Add a ref to style-graphic-properties-attlist to suitable (without 
'text') style-foo-properties-attlist, where already 
common-background-color-attlist exists. That would result in something 
similar to the current draw:fill in <style:header-footer-properties>.

What do you think, which way it best?

Kind regards
Regina