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Subject: Property Term Possessives?
[Sorry for all of these Q's but trying to get clarification about aspects that are unclear to us.] We noticed that a "Property Term Possessives" column appears in the UBL 1.0B spreadsheets, but not in CCTS v2.01 or UBL documentation. A comment in the column heading of the spreadsheet provides this definition: Column heading: Property Term Possessive(s) [but comment says: Property Term Adjective(s)] "The use of this metadata is specified by the ebXML CCTS which in turn extends the ISO 11179 naming rules. Property Term represents the distinguishing characteristic or Property of the Object Class and shall occur naturally in the definition. Also known as an attribute (to database designers). The combination of Object Class and its Property Term, should give the basic semantic meaning of the item. The Property Term may consist of one or more possessive nouns preceeding the mandatory noun. This ownership creates a meaninginful refinement of the noun to make a meaningful and recognisable business name." Questions: 1) Are "Property Term Possessives" formally part of any spec at this point? Will the term appear in the formal documentation? 2) Between using a Property Qualifer Term and a Property Term Possessive, what difference is there in the resultant UBL name? In other words, how does the Possessive impact the result differently from a Qualifer? 3) In this frag from UBL-Reusable*.xls, how are "Postal Zone" and "City Name" different with regard to Property Term? That is, why does the former have a Property Qualifer Term and the latter a Property Term Possessive? Object Property Property Term Property Term Representation Class Qualifier Possessive(s) Noun Term Address City Name Name Address Postal Zone Text Thank you. Kenneth Sall XML Specialist GSA IAE Program Management Office U.S. General Services Administration 1 Crystal Park, Mail Stop IAA 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 911 Arlington, VA 22202 Phone: 703.872.8589 Cell: 301-672-3269 Fax: 703.872.8598 The President's Management Agenda: "Implementation of E-Government is important in making Government more responsive and cost-effective." http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/ (Embedded image moved to file: pic18110.jpg)
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