OASIS LegalXML Electronic Court Filing TC

Good morning,   Quick question, I’ve noticed the ordering on some of the elements seems odd to me.  For example, the connected document coming before the lead document, or in some cases other elements in between the lead and connected.  It’s not a big deal since the xml is being processed by code, just visually looks odd.   This is just an observation, I’m not proposing a change at this time.

Enrique,   It’s an artifact (good or bad) of the BOUML plugout that generates schemas in alphabetical order to align with the NIEM reference model.  It would be a lot of work to change and I haven’t convinced myself the effort is worth it.   __ Jim Cabral 502 509-4532   From: legalxml-courtfiling@lists.oasis-open.org <legalxml-courtfiling@lists.oasis-open.org> on behalf of Othon, Enrique <Enrique.Othon@tylertech.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 10:08:01 AM To: legalxml-courtfiling@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: [legalxml-courtfiling] Element ordering   Good morning,   Quick question, I’ve noticed the ordering on some of the elements seems odd to me.  For example, the connected document coming before the lead document, or in some cases other elements in between the lead and connected.  It’s not a big deal since the xml is being processed by code, just visually looks odd.   This is just an observation, I’m not proposing a change at this time.

Oh I see.  Well no problem, it just looked odd

I find it to be problematic.  In production, code does all the processing, true. But analysts, developers, support staff have to look at samples, write code, document, trouble-shoot issues when they arise, etc.  When you combine element
names that don t quite match the data they describe along with elements coming out of logical order (and the various non-standard extensions that vendors add), it becomes difficult even for the most experienced developer to make sense of it all.

 


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Oh I see.  Well no problem, it just looked odd