[regrep] length of fields is too short

[Max Voskob <mvoskob@msi.com.au>]

Dear TC,

From the first day I had a question about the length of fileds in RIM. Are we 
short in HDD space? Do we care much about the size of a SOAP package? We 
still do in our days, but not the extent when every byte counts. 

I personally had to increase size of rim:ExternalIdentifier/@value from 64 to 
256.

If you thought about the poor fellow developer and RAD you might set all 
character fields to type Variable Unicode Character with max length =256 or 
more. ALL OF THEM! In this case, me,a mere developer, didn't need to check 
the length of every character field when I write the code. I'd know that they 
are all of the same length. It reduces development effort significantly.
It's all about SIMPLIFICATION. 

Please, KEEP IT SIMPLE! But it's too late, I guess. 

Anyway, 64 characters is not enough for rim:ExternalIdentifier/@value. 
Please, INCREASE THE LENGTH TO 256 AT LEAST. 

Cheers,
Max

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