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  1. OASIS Emergency Management TC
  2. EMERGENCY-95

TEP 1.1 - TAB-1312: Keywords "CONDITIONAL" is REQUIRED or OPTIONAL

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    • Type: Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Priority: Critical
    • Resolution: Won't Fix
    • Component/s: EDXL-TEP
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    • Environment:

      Normative

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      Make deletions/edits as suggested in the description.

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      Make deletions/edits as suggested in the description.
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      Leave notation as is. This notation is used consistently across the suite of EDXL standards for clarity on semantic constraints.

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      Leave notation as is. This notation is used consistently across the suite of EDXL standards for clarity on semantic constraints.

      Description

      1.4 Terminology reads in part:


              • In addition, within this Specification, the keyword “CONDITIONAL” should be interpreted as potentially “REQUIRED” or “OPTIONAL” depending on the surrounding context.

      It isn't cricket to use a keyword to mean opposite things depending on context.

      "CONDITIONAL" appears only twice in this document:

      Both under unitNumber,


                • Usage: CONDITIONAL; MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

      Constraints: CONDITIONAL (If "providerKind" is EMS, then "unitNumber" is REQUIRED)

      Elements often have occurrence or co-occurrence constraints.

      It is sufficient to state the constraint without the "CONDITIONAL" keyword, thus:

      Delete: 1.4 "In addition, within this Specification, the keyword “CONDITIONAL” should be interpreted as potentially “REQUIRED” or “OPTIONAL” depending on the surrounding context."

      unitNumber, delete "CONDITIONAL" so that the remaining text reads:

      Usage: MAY be used once but only once [0..1]

      Constraints: If "providerKind" is EMS, then "unitNumber" is REQUIRED

      which agrees with standard markup practices.

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            • Assignee:
              pattiaymond Dr. Patti Aymond (Inactive)
              Reporter:
              pattiaymond Dr. Patti Aymond (Inactive)
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