Re: [ubl-lcsc] Details and Number

[Michael Adcock <Michael.Adcock@apacs.org.uk>]

1st Question..., good question!

"detail" is "a small individual feature, fact or item". In everyday
usage, "details" is understood as "all the necessary information
about...". So I would say we are right to use the plural.

2nd Question..., you are digging over old ground here!

We think of 'number' as a representation term for purely numeric
numbers. 
We do not use 'number' as the representation term for many identifiers
simply because those identifiers are not necessarily pure numbers. There
is a whole range of examples - bank account number, invoice number,
national health number, flight number etc - where the 'number' is a
mixture of alphabetic and numeric characters. The decision from past
discussions was to use the term 'identifier' because that is more
precisely correct. The business terms in common usage would be synonyms
of the 'politically correct' name.

This is one of the delightful and frustrating things about the English
language, a single word can have more than one meaning - coupled with
other words it can have even more meanings! 
Try "...doing a number...", "...having someone's number...",
"...someone's number is up...", "...do a number on...", "...a little
black number..." Have fun!

regards

Mike

Mike Adcock
Standards & Security Unit
APACS - Association for Payment Clearing Services
Mercury House, Triton Court
14 Finsbury Square
London EC2A 1LQ
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7711 6318
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7711 6299
e-mail: michael.adcock@apacs.org.uk

>>> "Stuhec, Gunther" <gunther.stuhec@sap.com> 19/06/02 15:39:18 >>>
Hello all,

I have two questions to the representation term.  

First question:
Why is the representation term of a ACC or a ABIE is expressed in
plural as
"Details" and not in singular as "Detail".

Second question:
Why can't the representation term "Number" be used for the
representation of
certain identifier?  "Number" itself occurs in many different terms of
linguistic usage (like: credit card number, telephone number etc.).
Therefore it would be obvious and understandable for the humans to use
the
"Number" as a own representation term.

Regards,

	Gunther  

----------------------------------------------------------------
To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription
manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl>


**********************************************************************
The opinions expressed are those of the individual and not the company.
  Internet communications are not secure and therefore APACS does not  
     accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message.
  If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the
employee responsible for delivering this communication to the intended
recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution or
   copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.  If you have
 received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by
          telephone to arrange for its return.  Thank you.
**********************************************************************