Questions to answer before we decide whether to use CODELIST methodology

["Ram Kumar" <kumar.sydney@gmail.com>]

TC members,

 

Please review the work of Ken Holeman of CODELIST TC. He has put in lot

of effort to help us.

 

Please let me know your views.

 

Following are some of the questions that we need to answer before finalising the

use of codelist methodology in our specs:

- CIQ specs. are normally embedded as part of some work done by end users as they

are reusable components for defining party informaion. In such a case, are the users

forced to use codelist methodology as part of their overall work given that CIQ components

use them?

 

- Many applications use CIQ specs., not for data exchange purposes, but to capture

and use party information. Under such circumstances, is the use of codelist methodology an

over kill?

 

- For example, emergency management TC, Tax XML TC and Election and voting services TC

use CIQ specs. as part of their specs. to define party information. If the above three TC specs.,

do not use Codelist methodology, does it then mean that implementer of the above three

specs. are forced to perform 2 phase validation just because CIQ specs., use Codelist?

Will this go well with the end users?

 

I look forward to your suggestions. We need to make a concrete decision regarding the use

of Codelist.

 

Regards,

 

Ram