RE: [legalxml-courtfiling] JXDDS Person Object

["Aerts, John F." <jfaerts@lasd.org>]

Since "party" is a role in the Incident/Arrest Report and a "party" may be a
role in CourtFiling, and "party" is used in many court documents possibly
using "Participant" (which can be a person, organization or thing) instead
of "actor" would work.

Lieutenant John Aerts
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Records & Identification Bureau
Consolidated Criminal History Reporting System(CCHRS) Project Manager

Phone    562 465 7876
Fax      323 415 2666
E-mail   Aerts@lasd.org


-----Original Message-----
From: John M. Greacen [mailto:john@greacen.net]
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:59 PM
To: Court Filing List
Cc: Mark Kindl; John Wandelt
Subject: [legalxml-courtfiling] JXDDS Person Object


Dear colleagues:

I have been in further discussions with Mark Kindl and John Wandelt at
GTRI about the person object and possible ways to accommodate Court
Filing's need for an element that accommodates persons, organizations
and things.

They have suggested that an actor object could be created which allowed
the use of either the person, organization, or property object.  They
have also
suggested that this object might be more easily understood and accepted
if it were called "party" rather than "actor."

I attach a PowerPoint diagram of the possible "actor" element that we
have been discussing.  I would appreciate getting your comments on it.

Can anyone think of another instance -- other than party -- in which we
need to be able to accept persons and organizations or persons,
organizations and things?  It seems to me that witnesses are invariably
individuals, even when they are testifying as agents or officers of an
organization.  "Party" would seem to work for contracts as well as for
court cases.  In sum, what do you think of the idea of "party" as the
name of the object instead of "actor?"

I look forward to your ideas and suggestions.

--
John M. Greacen
Greacen Associates, LLC.
18 Fairly Road
Santa Fe, NM  87507
505-471-0203