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Subject: UBL Code List Task Group - Call for participation
Good morning, all, Code lists were an active discussion item at last week's UBL meeting in Montréal. Code lists capture an enumeration of valid values that represent abstract or concrete concepts in a compact form (typically an abbreviation of some kind). Code lists can promote interoperability by constraining the meaning of enumerated values to mutually agreed concepts between trading partners. Examples of standardized code lists are country codes and currency codes. Examples of private-use code lists are fulfillment activities and indications of progress status. Supplemental information is often associated with the members of an enumeration, and various techniques can be considered to capture this supplemental information. During the week three approaches to expressing and maintaining the information associated with code lists were discussed: (1) - the use of xs:documentation constructs in xs:annotation (2) - the use of xs:appinfo constructs in xs:annotation (3) - the use of supplemental files keyed by the enumerated values Other approaches to maintaining code lists are welcome to be considered as part of the UBL project in the process of determining a standardized approach for use throughout UBL. To this end, a temporary task group is being formed to consider existing and new proposals for the maintenance of information associated with code lists. This work will be done by email mail lists and is hoped to be short lived with an agreed-upon approach quickly resolved. If you are interested in participating in this task group, please inform myself <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com> and Jon Bosak <Jon.Bosak@Sun.com> of your intent before the close of business Monday August 11. Thank you for any contribution you may be able to make to this effort. ........................ Ken -- Upcoming hands-on courses: in-house corporate training available; North America public: XSLT/XPath Aug 12, 2003 G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/o/ Box 266, Kars, Ontario CANADA K0A-2E0 +1(613)489-0999 (F:-0995) ISBN 0-13-065196-6 Definitive XSLT and XPath ISBN 0-13-140374-5 Definitive XSL-FO ISBN 1-894049-08-X Practical Transformation Using XSLT and XPath ISBN 1-894049-11-X Practical Formatting Using XSL-FO Member of the XML Guild of Practitioners: http://XMLGuild.info Male Breast Cancer Awareness http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/o/bc
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