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Neither of these formats extends easily to allow multiple values for a given code, e.g. a short form and a long form, or an English form and a Welsh form (to be UK-parochial for once!). Nor do they allow multiple codes for the same value, e.g. two-letter and three-letter country codes: though you could decide that those should be in separate tables. Michael Kay > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Spencer [mailto:ps@b...] > Sent: 21 November 2002 21:45 > To: xml-dev@l... > Subject: Representing Code Lists > > > In government work, it is frequently necessary to use > standard codes. When displaying a document using such codes, > it would be useful to have a standard format for representing > any such list. For example: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <ISO5218-1977 xmlns="http://example.com/namespace"> > <Value Code="1">male</Value> > <Value Code="2">female</Value> > <Value Code="9">not specified</Value> > </ISO5218-1977> > > or perhaps: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <List Codelist="ISO5218-1977" xmlns="http://example.com/namespace"> > <Value Code="1">male</Value> > <Value Code="2">female</Value> > <Value Code="9">not specified</Value> > </List> > > I see such lists being made publicly available (subject to > any IPR issues). I don't know of any attempts to standardise > such a format. Is there any activity in this direction? If > not, I shall try to start one through the OASIS e-Government > TC. In which case, which format is preferred? Or another one? > > Regards > > Paul Spencer > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org > <http://www.xml.org>, an initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl>
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