[ubl-lcsc] Re: Comments on combined message Spreadsheet

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

As I thought I said in my cover e-mail, I feel strongly that the tabulated changes need to be made before distribution. They are the result of a QA check, and without them I believe the distribution material is devalued.

I am ready and willing to make these changes. Apart from typos and cut&paste mistakes which are minor but appear careless if we do not correct them, they fall into three categories:-

1) Item identification where the definition is bad and misleading (5 places)
2) Some Identifiers where the formula in hidden column L was corrupted (4 places)
3) Loss of specialisation in re-use (13 areas, affecting more than one line)

The third is the most significant, but I have done 95% of what is needed, as an experiment which can easily be slotted into the combined spreadsheet. I believe this is of absolutely vital importance, otherwise we will have completed side-stepped any 'context' whatsoever, and lose credibility! 

I have also made some general comments that are intended for longer term consideration. Comment 1 reiterates the problem of losing specialisation, primarily to stress we can specialise more, and also that we need to consider other specialising factors such as cardinality and definitions (comment 2). 
Comment 3 contains a question to which I want an answer, but does not affect distribution (unless Gunther needs the message spreadsheets updated in order to generate XSDs. Gunther, please comment?). Comments 4 and 5 are less urgent 'tidying up' things.

My original attachments are included (1) the comments (2) the experiment in annotating with 'where used' re specialising re-used components.

regards...

Mike Adcock
Standards & Security Unit
APACS - Association for Payment Clearing Services
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e-mail: michael.adcock@apacs.org.uk

>>> Tim McGrath <tmcgrath@portcomm.com.au> 05/01/03 23:15:56 >>>
Do you think these comments could form part of the review cycle for the 
next release?

PS please use the list for these exchanges.

Michael Adcock wrote:

>Hi!
>
>I have gone through the combined message spreadsheet, and noted a
>number of problems. I believe these should be fixed before any
>distribution. They are relatively small, I'm glad to say, although there
>is one significant issue. That is the loss of 'specialisation' detail
>when an ABIE is used in a limited way.
>
>As an experiment I have taken the combined spreadsheet and
>experimentally added columns to note which messages use which bitsl
>Without this, generating XSD from the Re-use spreadsheet would include
>too much XSD!
>
>Thiis only the tip of the iceberg, as I think we also lose
>opportunities to specialise definitions to say why we are using certain
>things in certain places, and also any change in cardinalities. See my
>general comments: I'd like us to think about this!
>
>Also needing thought is whether to maintain the separate message
>spreadsheets.
>
>Attached are two files; my set of comments, and the experimentally
>annotated 'used in message' version of the Re-Used Components
>spreadsheet. The latter DOES NOT reflect any of ny proposed remedies re
>comments! It would be good if Arofan (or anyone else) could comment on
>whether this is what we see as 'business context'.
>
>'bye for now...
>
>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 
>
>
>
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