Terminology regarding code lists

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com>]

During today's LCSC meeting, Tim brought to my attention that the code list 
subcommittee is meeting two kinds of needs under the one umbrella "code lists":

   (1) - the thing the CCTS calls a code list

   (2) - there are enumerated lists of abbreviations that refer
         to things (like North, South, East, West) that are not
         true code lists

The mechanism we define will accommodate both and the schema fragments for 
code lists and those for enumerated lists ... do we need to make this 
distinction in our work or do you think that is just a choice of LCSC to 
utilize our code list specification for their enumerated lists?

I think one aspect of these enumerated lists are they are immutable and 
that users of UBL would never be allowed to change them for private-use 
lists ... but that is a deployment issue and not a declaration/definition 
issue so I don't think it impacts us.

The other point brought up is that no changes have been made nor are any 
anticipated in the short term regarding the code list catalogue format ... 
the contents will be revised, but they haven't yet considered any changes 
to the columns.

....................... Ken

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