FW: Traffic citation message using ECF 4

ECF TC:

DoxPop has identified a couple issues with the Citation case-specific extensions. The attached XSD is minor patch that addresses the immediate issues but there may be more issues to fix. At our meeting tomorrow, we should discuss a schedule for releasing a bug-fix version of ECF 4.0.

Thanks,

Jim Cabral
MTG Management Consultants, L.L.C.
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From: Cabral, James E.
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 12:05 PM
To: Jim Sizelove
Cc: Ryan VanMiddlesworth
Subject: RE: Traffic citation message using ECF 4

Jim,

I apologize for the delay getting back to you. I was traveling yesterday.

Regarding the association between DrivingIncident and Vehicle, I think you have identified a flaw in the schema. In CitationCase.xsd, the mapping is CitationCase\CitationCaseAugmentation\DrivingIncident\nc:IncidentVehicleAssociation\nc:ConveyanceReference. We define a VehicleType in CitationCase but we do not include an nc:Conveyance or nc:Vehicle element in CitationCaseAugmentation or define a Vehicle element. If this works, I will recommend to the TC fixing these in the next maintenance/bugfix release of ECF 4.0 per the attached XSD.

This will also address your second issue. The correct mapping is Vehicle\nc:VehicleStyleCode. VehicleStyleCode substitutes for ItemStyleCode which is inhierited in the schema from ItemType.

BTW, to see how content in the UML diagrams maps to schema, please see the ECF-4.0-NIEM2-mapping.xls file in the model directory.

Please let me know if this fixes your issue. If so, I’ll recommend the changes to the TC.

Thanks!

Jim Cabral
MTG Management Consultants, L.L.C.
www.mtgmc.com
(206) 442-5010 Phone
(502) 640-4970 Mobile

Helping our clients make a difference in the lives of the people they serve.

From: Jim Sizelove [mailto:jims@doxpop.com]
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 5:09 PM
To: Cabral, James E.
Cc: Ryan VanMiddlesworth
Subject: Traffic citation message using ECF 4

Hello Jim,

Eric Dimick Eastman recommended that I contact you about a question I have working with ECF 4.

We are adding traffic citation information to our existing e-filing system. The plan is to attach an ECF 4 citation message to new case filings.

I have had some difficulty validating an example message that contains the fields we need against the ECF 4 schema. The first issue concerns where to put the Vehicle element. According to this Citation Filing diagram, I would expect the DrivingIncident element to contain a Vehicle element. According to the CitationCase schema, the DrivingIncidentType can contain a niem-core IncidentVehicleAssociation, which can contain a ConveyanceReference. The schema does not allow for the ECF4 Vehicle to substitute for the niem-core ConveyanceReference. I also looked for but did not find another place in the message to define the Vehicle. Am I missing something?

The second issue concerns the text field named "vehicleBodyTypeOrVehicleStyle" listed on the Citating Filing diagram. I could not find this name in the ECF 4 schema. The closest thing I found is VehicleStyleCode in niem-core.

The diagram is very helpful way to see all the complex data types and fields that can make up a citation filing message. The schema does not seem to be synchronized with the diagram. Do either need to be updated?

I would appreciate any advice you can offer to guide me as I make a valid ECF 4 citation message.

Thanks,
Jim

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Jim Sizelove
Senior Software Engineer
Doxpop, LLC
765-965-7363, ext. 102

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