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["Oliver Pesch" <OPesch@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is a good suggestion...  Some of the fields like "identifier" are in the 
schema as "required"; however, the reality is this is more of a business 
"requirement" than a technical one.  The identifier is "required if there is 
one"...  which of course cannot be enforced in a schema.  As a result, if there 
is no ISSN available, then the empty tag needs to be included so that the XML 
validates.  "N/A" should never be used...

In terms of trying to enforce the nature and structure of the identifier value, 
this can only be something for a profile or, at a minimum, the FAQ.  Since the 
identifier "types" include ISSN, ISBN, DOI and  proprietary. The rules for the 
value are determined by the "type"...   

As we look at the COUNTER-4 XML I agree that fields that may not contain values 
should be optional to avoid confusion -- and the "profile" should set 
expectations for the values to be used.

Good input,

Thanks!

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Behalf Of Christian Jägle
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 9:48 AM
To: sushidevelopers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sushidevelopers] Values in XML Reports

Hi,

I have a similar issue like in my last thread.

If you look through the xml reports, there often are element values, 
where the vendor doesn't have a value or doesn't want to fill in a 
value. Still the Elements are used in the report and in some cases they 
are not needed to fullfill the schema.

A good example and the main reason for my post is the ItemIdentifier 
Element. You often see "N/A" or an empty string or an Element in 
minimized syntax form (<Value/>) as value, even if there already is an 
ItemIdentifier given.

The question is if it shouldn't be more precise outlined what strings 
those elements should contain or if they have to be ommited if there is 
no information and the report would be valid without them?

Maybe there is still time left to consider this and similar issues for 
the COUNTER 4 release and the mentioned "Community Profile".

Christian Jägle


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