The Problem of Flabby partitions (Short Fuse)

["Toby Considine" <Toby.Considine@gmail.com>]

Irrespective of the Inheritance problem posed last night, partitions present some issues in flabbiness.

 

I would like to propose the following processing rules for Intervals to support the frequent exchange of Partitions.

 

“For Intervals, a relation can be expressed solely by a reference UID.  If the Related-To UID exists, the Relationship defaults to “FINISHSTART”, and the Duration defaults to “PT0M”. This rule applies only to the WS-Calendar component “Interval”. Other components must fully express their relationships.

This means that within a partition, the following:

 

<xcal:interval>

                <xcal:properties>

                                <xcal:related-to>

                                                <xcal:uid>4425e05d-61be-46db-b460-eeb992f1b54f@examples.oasis-open.org</xcal:uid>

                                </xcal:related-to>

                </xcal:properties>

</xcal:interval>

 

Fully expresses that this interval Starts as soon as 4425e05d-61be-46db-b460-eeb992f1b54f finishes, with an zero-duration intervening time. Of course, it I still legal to express a different relation, and a different intervening duration.

 

Any objections?

 

tc

 

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Toby Considine TC9, Inc OASIS Technical Advisory Board TC Chair: oBIX & WS-Calendar TC Editor: EMIX, EnergyInterop U.S. National Inst. of Standards and Tech. Smart Grid Architecture Committee

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