Re: [ubl-lcsc] [roe] OAG comment: Address and Location

["Anthony B. Coates" <abcoates@londonmarketsystems.com>]

** Reply to message from Tim McGrath <tmcgrath@portcomm.com.au> on Fri, 04 Jul
2003 10:26:37 +0800

> Item 5.
> 
> OAGIS has defined a separate Address and Location aggregate.  Location 
> contains basic identification and descriptive information and also 
> includes the Coordinate aggregate and Address aggregate (as ASCCs/ASBIEs).
> 
> This separation of Location and Address is consistent with previous 
> version of OAGIS and appears to conform with best practices of many 
> software vendors and other standards organizations.
> 
> This is a modeling issue that has been debated before.  Do we wish to 
> revisit this and if so, can we adopt the OAG structures as is?

I wasn't a part of the earlier debates.  While I can understand the logic of
wanting to separate the "Address" and "Location" concepts, since that generally
can be treated separately, are they always separate?  I thought there were
special cases, like oil rigs in the middle of oceans, where the only address
was the location.  What do you do in a case like that?

	Cheers,
		Tony.
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