Re: ExternalClassification proposal

Some minor modification/optmization below:

Farrukh Najmi wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Here is a proposal for external classification.
>
> Create a new sub-class of Classification called ExternalClassification.
> This class defined the following attributes (note that not all inherited
> attributes arementioned)
>
> Example
> ---------
> Lets assume we are classifying an Organization by an ExternalClassifier
> for the NAICS "Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing"
> category which has name "Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle
> Manufacturing" and value "33611" in NAICS.
> NAICS classification scheme has a name (URN) "ntis-gov:naics:1997".
>
> Attribute classificationScheme
> --------------------------------
> This would be the URN for an external  classificationScheme and in our
> example would be "ntis-gov:naics:1997".

We could reuse the inherited targetObject attribute to point to the
ClassificationScheme in case of ExternalClassification.

>
>
> Inherited name Attribute
> -------------------------
> This would be equivalent to the human friendly name attribute in a
> ClassificationNode. So if the ExternalClassification is as in our
> example the name attribute would be "Automobile and Light Duty Motor
> Vehicle Manufacturing"
>
> Attribute value
> ---------------
> This would be equivalent to the code attribute in ClassificationNode.
> (We should consider changing code in ClassificationNode to value.)
> It is a coded value under a classification scheme and in our example
> would be "33611"
>
> Summary
> ---------
> Attching an ExternalClassification with above attribute values to an
> Organization says that the Organization is externally classified by
> NAICS scheme as an Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturer.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Farrukh

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Regards,
Farrukh