[OASIS Issue Tracker] (ODATA-754) Clarify that numeric enum values are serialized as strings

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Ralf Handl created ODATA-754:
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             Summary: Clarify that numeric enum values are serialized as strings
                 Key: ODATA-754
                 URL: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/ODATA-754
             Project: OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: OData JSON Format
    Affects Versions: V4.0_ERRATA02
         Environment: [Proposed]
            Reporter: Ralf Handl
             Fix For: V4.0_ERRATA03


Section 7.1 states that

    Values of type enumValue are represented as JSON strings using the
    enumerationMember, defined in [OData-ABNF], where available.

Unfortunately it does not state explicitly how the numeric alternative values for enumeration members are to be serialized.

The original intent stated in https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/ODATA-96 and the referenced revised proposal https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/odata/download.php/47997/Supporting%20Enumeration%20Types%20in%20OData.docx was to 

    support the alternate representation of an enumeration value as the
    underlying integer value as a string.

with an explicit example for JSON

    "color":"32"




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