RE: [ubl-ndrsc] Code list rules document

["Burcham, Bill" <Bill_Burcham@stercomm.com>]

Here's my feedback:

1. 117-124 first and second-order code lists are introduced.  The section
goes on to give some detail about first-order code lists and their
architecture -- but nothing further is said about second-order ones.  Was
this on purpose or just an oversight?

2. It's good that we've got an early section (3.2) specifying the
correspondence between our representation and ebXML's.  The table in section
3.2 is extremely valuable.  Small point -- that table should have a caption
(with number) for reference.

3. It's really good that you're using the ISO 3166-1 code list for
illustration.  Makes the work so much more defensible than it would
otherwise be (if we chose to use a hypothetical).  Question: does it
actually work?  i.e. did you actually test the proposal with the UNECE
schema and the "template" and create instance documents to see if valid
documents are validated and invalid ones are flagged as such? (I ask, since
the illustration starting on line 210 has shorthands for readability).
Reason I asked is 'cause I tried it for a few minutes the other day and ran
into some validation problems with the UNECE schema.

4. line 314.  It's good that you expunged all the uses of global elements
from the architecture, yet let the audience know that they could define
their own global elements all they want.

5. In section 4 "Rationale" each contender is evaluated against the
requirements listed in section 4.1.  For each contender in section 4.2 there
is a section entitled "Derivation Opportunities" (these are in sections
4.2.*.3).  Why is not "derivation opportunities" one of the "requirements"
listed in section 4.1, scored in sections 4.2.*.4, and contributing to the
total scores given in section 4.3?

-----Original Message-----
From: Eve Maler - Sun Microsystems [mailto:Eve.Maler@sun.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 4:13 PM
To: ubl-ndrsc@lists.oasis-open.org; ubl-comment@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [ubl-ndrsc] Code list rules document


I have managed to finish a real draft of the code list rules document.
This document extracts and expands on the code list rules that were in
the most recent public snapshot of the NDR document (draft 12).  While
there are a few outstanding issues, I think it's largely usable in its 
current state.  I hope you all will give this a careful review, try it 
out, and send your comments in.

In my current technical circumstances I'm unable to attach files to 
email messages -- perhaps a blessing!  I have FTP'd the relevant files 
to both the NDR archive and the "current" directory (Mavis, could you 
please update the NDR portal?):

 
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/ndrsc/archive/wd-ublndrsc-codelist-
01.doc
 
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/ndrsc/archive/wd-ublndrsc-codelist-
01.pdf
 
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/ndrsc/archive/CodeListModuleTemplat
e.xsd

Thanks,

	Eve

Eve Maler                                       +1 781 442 3190
Sun Microsystems                           cell +1 781 883 5917
XML Web Services / Industry Initiatives     eve.maler @ sun.com


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