[ODATA-1292] CSDL 7.2.1 Nullable: improve wording - OASIS Technical Committees Issue Tracker

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7.2.1 Nullable
A Boolean value specifying whether the property can have the value null.

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Change text to 7.2.1 Nullable A Boolean value specifying whether the property can have the value null .
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https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/64870/odata-csdl-xml-v4.01-wd06-2019-03-15.docx

https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/64871/odata-csdl-json-v4.01-wd05-2019-03-15.docx

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The current text in section 7.2.1 Nullable is

7.2.1 Nullable
A Boolean value specifying whether a value is required for the property.

This is misleading and suggests that the property can be omitted. Actually it only means that the property can be null.