Re: [xml-dev] Representing Code Lists

Paul,

Regarding your original question of:

<Question>
I don't know of any attempts to standardise
such a format. Is there any activity in this direction? If
not, I shall try to start one through the OASIS e-Government
TC.
</Question>

You may want to become familiar with the work that the OASIS UBL TC has
done in this area (I was a TC member until a recent employment switch). 
Specifically, the following:

(1) Eve Maler's position paper on representing codelists:
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/ndrsc/pos/p-maler-codelists-09.pdf

(2) Codelist module schema template:
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/ndrsc/current/CodeListModuleTemplate.xsd

Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton

"Keith W. Boone" wrote:
> 
> Another issue is that [some] coding systems change over time, so you would
> want to be able to record the time span for which a code is valid.
> 
>         Keith
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kay [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 4:48 AM
> To: 'Paul Spencer'; 
> Subject: RE: [xml-dev] Representing Code Lists
> 
> Neither of these formats extends easily to allow multiple values for a
> given code, e.g. a short form and a long form, or an English form and a
> Welsh form (to be UK-parochial for once!). Nor do they allow multiple
> codes for the same value, e.g. two-letter and three-letter country
> codes: though you could decide that those should be in separate tables.
> 
> Michael Kay
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Spencer [mailto:]
> > Sent: 21 November 2002 21:45
> > To: 
> > Subject: [xml-dev] Representing Code Lists
> >
> >
> > In government work, it is frequently necessary to use
> > standard codes. When displaying a document using such codes,
> > it would be useful to have a standard format for representing
> > any such list. For example:
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <ISO5218-1977 xmlns="http://example.com/namespace">
> >       <Value Code="1">male</Value>
> >       <Value Code="2">female</Value>
> >       <Value Code="9">not specified</Value>
> > </ISO5218-1977>
> >
> > or perhaps:
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <List Codelist="ISO5218-1977" xmlns="http://example.com/namespace">
> >       <Value Code="1">male</Value>
> >       <Value Code="2">female</Value>
> >       <Value Code="9">not specified</Value>
> > </List>
> >
> > I see such lists being made publicly available (subject to
> > any IPR issues). I don't know of any attempts to standardise
> > such a format. Is there any activity in this direction? If
> > not, I shall try to start one through the OASIS e-Government
> > TC. In which case, which format is preferred? Or another one?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Paul Spencer
> >
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