Code lists as a repository of code list supplemental information

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

Hi Lisa,

How would FPSC request of NDRSC an additional documentation annotation to 
the currency code list in order to include the Unicode character used for 
the currency symbol?

Rather than maintain two separate tables of information, we discussed in 
our FPSC conference call today how much easier maintenance would be if the 
currency symbol were kept in the currency code list documentation.

Do code lists provide for multiple expansions, as what we are asking for is 
very much like an alternative string expansion?

I'm guessing we would need to include a div and class in order to mimic 
what the multiple documentation fragments up above in the XSD file, but I'm 
not familiar with the code list creation rules.

For example, the old is:

<xs:enumeration value="USD">
	<xs:annotation>
		<xs:documentation>
			<xhtml:p>US Dollar</xhtml:p>
		</xs:documentation>
	</xs:annotation>
</xs:enumeration>

The new would be along the lines of (though I am only guessing at what the 
classes might be):

<xs:enumeration value="USD">
	<xs:annotation>
		<xs:documentation>
			<xhtml:div class="Code_List._Expansion._String">
				<xhtml:p>US Dollar</xhtml:p>
			</xhtml:div>
			<xhtml:div class="Code_List._Expansion._Symbol">
				<xhtml:p>$</xhtml:p>
			</xhtml:div>
		</xs:documentation>
	</xs:annotation>
</xs:enumeration>

Thanks for any insight you or NDRSC can provide.

................. Ken

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