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Paul, Regarding your original question of: <Question> 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. </Question> You may want to become familiar with the work that the OASIS UBL TC has done in this area (I was a TC member until a recent employment switch). Specifically, the following: (1) Eve Maler's position paper on representing codelists: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/ndrsc/pos/p-maler-codelists-09.pdf (2) Codelist module schema template: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/ndrsc/current/CodeListModuleTemplate.xsd Kind Regards, Joe Chiusano Booz | Allen | Hamilton "Keith W. Boone" wrote: > > Another issue is that [some] coding systems change over time, so you would > want to be able to record the time span for which a code is valid. > > Keith > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Kay [mailto:michael.h.kay@n...] > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 4:48 AM > To: 'Paul Spencer'; xml-dev@l... > Subject: RE: Representing Code Lists > > 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> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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> begin:vcard n:Chiusano;Joseph tel;work:(703) 902-6923 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.bah.com org:Booz | Allen | Hamilton Inc.;IT Digital Strategies Team adr:;;8283 Greensboro Drive;McLean;VA;22012; version:2.1 email;internet:chiusano_joseph@b... title:Senior Consultant fn:Joseph M. Chiusano end:vcard
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