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[Jeff Waters<jeff.waters@navy.mil>]

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        Please review these minutes from the Oct 4, 2012 meeting of the RIM subcommittee. Thanks.
        
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Document Name: DRAFT-EDXL-RIM-SC-Mtgnotes-10-04-2012.docx

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Description
At today's meeting, the members discussed the following topics:

1. TOPIC: Layers is a useful extension concept, is there a good summary of
the current discussion? (Answer: Three discussion topics related to Layers
include what are Layers, how to implement Layers, and should Layers be
used in the DE. Layers appear to be a good concept for enabling
business-level extension, the Layers concept is currently used in CAP
through the use of the Name/Value pairs, and the use of Layers beyond CAP
has been recommended. Norm has uploaded a useful document describing Layers
and their current use with CAP that serves as an informative reference. )

2. TOPIC: Should Layers be implemented in the Common Types? (Answer: The
Common Types is the place to provide schema implementations of concepts
which are expected to be useful across multiple EDXL standards. Since
Layers are expected to be used in other EDXL standards than just CAP, it is
appropriate to consider implementing the Layers concept in the Common
Types. This wouldn?t actually enable Layers in any particular EDXL
standard, it would just provide a common implementation which could be used
to enable Layers in any particular standard if the developers so chose. )

3. TOPIC: If Layers were used in the DE, could it be used to describe
either or both of the overall message and the individual content objects?
(Answer: Yes, it could support both. The DE has descriptive elements for
both the overall message and the individual content objects, so the Layers
concept could be implemented in both places. In the DE draft WD10, it was
used in both places.)

4. TOPIC: How do we help to ensure extension mechanisms like Layers are
not abused? (Answer: We should include extension principles and guidance in
our Note to help alert people of potential issues and how to avoid them. We
can borrow from Norm?s Layers document to describe these principles.)
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Submitter: Jeff Waters
Group: EM Reference Information Model SC
Folder: Meeting Notes
Date submitted: 2012-10-18 09:10:38