Minutes of BDXR TC meeting August 17, 2016

[Kenneth Bengtsson <kbengtsson@efact.pe>]

MEETING MINUTES OF BDXR TC MEETING 17 AUGUST 2016

 

ATTENDANCE

 

Kenneth Bengtsson (chair)

Erlend Klakegg Bergheim

Sander Fieten

G. Ken Holman

 

CASE SENSITIVITY WHEN COMPARING IDENTIFIERS IN SMP

 

Sander raised an SMP conformance question regarding identifier case sensitivity handling, see: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/bdxr/201608/msg00002.html.

 

The SMP specification defines the default handling of identifiers as case-insensitive while leaving it open for individual identifier schemes to require a different (case-sensitive) handling. Specifications of identifier schemes are outside the scope of SMP and are defined elsewhere.

 

Since SMP handles identifiers case-insensitively by default while allowing for identifier schemes to require a different handling, the question arose from SMP implementers whether an SMP implementation must support both case-sensitive and case-insensitive identifier handling to be conformant with the SMP specification.

 

Since SMP does require support of case-insensitive handling of identifiers while individual identifier schemes MAY require case-sensitive handling (from the SMP specification: an identifier specification or policy “MAY define its own requirements for case sensitivity handling”), it is required that an SMP implementation MUST support both case-sensitive AND case-insensitive handling to claim full compliance with the SMP specification.

 

PUBLISHING OF SMP 1.0 CS03

 

SMP 1.0 Committee Specification 03 has been approved by the TC and is awaiting publication by OASIS. A Jira ticket has been created here: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/TCADMIN-2402

 

BDE 1.1 NEW PUBLIC REVIEW

 

A public review of BDE 1.1 has been approved and is awaiting to be published by OASIS, see: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/TCADMIN-2409

 

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

 

There was no other business for today’s call.

 

MEETING SCHEDULE

 

August 31 2016, regular conference call

September 14 2016, regular conference call

September 28 2016, regular conference call

 

Kenneth Bengtsson