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This is the only known path of knowledge -- by trial and error and through continuous refinement. Try to avoid this and there would be no progress. Cheers, Dimitre On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 4:59 AM, Costello, Roger L. <costello@mitre.org> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I am working on a project that has created a large, complex data > specification. There are tables in the data specification, from which I > created Schematron rules. The tables specify a bunch of codes. When I > created the Schematron rules, I accidentally missed some of the codes. I > discovered this omission only after considerable effort and expense. > > It got to thinking about all the other places along the path to creating the > data specification where data might have accidentally been dropped, altered, > added, or put in the wrong place. I don't know, but I suspect the data > specification was produced something like this: several subject matter > experts jotted down some ideas on a piece of paper and handed it to another > person who typed up their ideas. [Potential for errors at this step] The > typed document then goes to a publication office which typesets and > officially publishes the data specification. [Potential for errors at this > step] Then, of course people use the data specification in their own > endeavors, which provides more opportunities where errors may be introduced. > > It occurs to me that quite possibly lots of errors are due to simple human > errors from copying, pasting, transcribing. How to avoid this? > > /Roger
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