RE: [plcs-dex] Location, location, location

["Rob Bodington" <rob.bodington@eurostep.com>]

Hi Nigel
Well, this hits on exactly the problem that DEX10 is trying to address.
We have some generic capabilities, such as say assigning_location, then we want
to describe how that capability is used to represent something more specific, in
this case, representing_product_location.

My proposal is that you should create the generic capabilities, and then a
specialization of that capability.

However, the precise format of that specialization should be agreed once we have
seen/reviewed what DEX10 has produced.



Regards
Rob

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-----Original Message-----
From: nfn@lsc.co.uk [mailto:nfn@lsc.co.uk] 
Sent: 10 February 2005 16:08
To: plcs-dex@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [plcs-dex] Location, location, location

I am about to start work to complete the development of Capability 027
Representing_location.

At the moment there are two capabilities recorded on DEXLib, C027 - as above and
C049 Representing_product_location. There is currently no capability for
Referencing_location or Assigning_location (which may be a more accurate
description of the requirement).

While I understand the reason for the creation of C049 (and am aware that it is
currently used in DEX 7), I believe we would be better served with a simple
Representing / Referencing pair, the first (C027) providing usage guidance on
the full scope of the location module in AP 239, including definition of a
location reference, with the second simply making the location reference
available for assignment.

Do members of the PLCS community have any views, one way or another, before work
starts?