RE: [ubl-lcsc] Removing use of "-" in element and type names

["CRAWFORD, Mark" <MCRAWFORD@lmi.org>]

>This was already a rule in the NDR document, why didn't anybody follow it? 

	>[R5] XML names constructed from dictionary entry names must not include 
	>periods, spaces, or other separators. 

	>This does mean hyphens, right? 

	Absolutely!!!! 

	----- Original Message ----- 
	From: "Chin Chee-Kai" <cheekai@softml.net> 
	To: "UBL NDRSC" <ubl-ndrsc@lists.oasis-open.org> 
	Cc: "UBL LCSC" <ubl-lcsc@lists.oasis-open.org> 
	Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 8:58 PM 
	Subject: [ubl-lcsc] Removing use of "-" in element and type names 


	> Is it possible for NDR to rule for removing the use of hyphens 
	> "-" in element and type names? 
	> 
	> A bit of trial experience with transforming UBL schema element 
	> names and types to Java classes revealed that the existence 
	> of hyphens in element names and types introduces programming 
	> decisions to "deal with" the hyphens. 
	> 
	> As you know, hyphens are not acceptable as variable or type 
	> names in Java (or for that matter, C, Perl and most programming 
	> languages) though they are fine as XML names.  During the 
	> transformation, developer will need to make a decision of 
	> how to map the hyphens into the programming language's 
	> name space.  For e.g., map "-" to nothing (squeezing the 
	> hyphens out), map "-" to underscore "_", or mapping it to 
	> some other infrequently used string combinations. 
	> 
	> For instance, "CountrySub-Entity" may be mapped in various 
	> ways into: 
	>    CountrySubEntity 
	>    CountrySub_Entity 
	>    CountrySub_____Entity 
	>    ... 
	> 
	> There aren't too many names with hyphens, fortunately. 
	> However, these create exceptions that will require documentation. 
	> Such requirement will not be necessary if NDR could rule to 
	> not use hyphens. 
	> 
	> Thanks. 
	> 
	> 
	> 
	> Best Regards, 
	> Chin Chee-Kai 
	> SoftML 
	> Tel: +65-6820-2979 
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	> Email: cheekai@SoftML.Net 
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	> 
	> 


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