Re: [clr-dev] Additional information about InstanceMetadataSets

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com>]

At 2010-10-14 22:02 -0500, ericdes wrote:
>I don't see anything in the CVA format that would inform what a 
>preferred code list would be, when there is a metadata in scope. A 
>human mind would guess the newest codes (e.g. iso3166-2010.gc) would 
>be the ones to use for new documents, but... what about computers? 
>Or maybe it's not part of the CVA philosophy to care...

Indeed the specification doesn't care.

For data entry one might use a CVA file that only has the preferred 
list, and then for validation use one that uses all lists.

Remember you can modularize CVA files so that one can include others.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . Ken

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