As far as I remember, the issue with AppInfo was consistency and
interoperability of implementations.
AFAIK nothing has changed in this front.
However, if it is to be used for conveying non-normative
information only, then I'm ok with its use. Otherwise not.
Eve L. Maler wrote:
> I don't know that it's a good idea to use AppInfo for important code
> list semantics/equivalents information, but I no longer see AppInfo as a
> particular threat in and of itself. Either its contents are supported
> by an application-specific level of processing or they're not; it won't
> impact the normative schema model. It could certainly be useful, for
> example, for some people to put Schematron renditions of checkable
> business rules in there.
>
> Eve
>
> CRAWFORD, Mark wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> Our current NDR language has xsd:AppInfo as not allowed. This came
>> from our initial risk assessment in which we declared XSD:AppInfo as
>> having an unacceptable risk factor. Last week in Montreal Ken Holman
>> seconded a proposal from the UK that we modify our position and allow
>> for the use of xsd:AppInfo for conveying 1) code list value names and
>> 2) formatting instructions. Jon is also in favor of using xsd:AppInfo
>> as he sees this as the logical place for the information - including
>> the code list value names we currently specify to be carried in
>> xsd:Documentation. We also have one of our earlier decisions that said
>> that formatting was not something we saw as normative UBL.
>> The pros and cons of handling the formatting issue will be discussed
>> on the LCSC listserve - and frankly as long as they are talking about
>> a non-normative associated schema I don't really care how they handle
>> it. However I am still very much against the use of XSD:AppInfo. So
>> that we may provide guidance to the ad-hoc code list group in LC, I
>> would like to get a sense of others - especially Eve, Eduardo, Matt,
>> Arofan, and Bill regarding what if anything NDR should do regarding
>> our current restriction on the use of XSD:AppInfo.
>>
>>
>> */Mark/*//
>>
>
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