[vodml] EnumLiterals and vodml-id

Gerard Lemson glemson1 at jhu.edu
Mon Feb 22 15:52:36 CET 2016


Hi  Francois

Only answering your question:

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From: François Bonnarel <francois.bonnarel at astro.unistra.fr>
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2016 7:32 AM
To: CresitelloDittmar, Mark; Gerard Lemson
Cc: Data Models mailing list
Subject: Re: [vodml] EnumLiterals and vodml-id

Hi all,
On 19/02/2016 21:28, CresitelloDittmar, Mark wrote:
All,
> It is not clear that the  value being annotated is the user string, and that this provides a bridge between the user serialization and the vo-dml/model specification.
   > Actually ther wil be a modification in the VODM-XML xsd by adding a label element inside <enumeration> ??? Is that what we have to understand ?

No label is needed for enumeration literals. 'description' attribute explains meaning, 'name' attribute is the actual value.
Mapping document will (almost does)  specify how these can be mapped to whatever value was chosen in some application/user specific serialization/database.


Cheers
Gerard









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