[DDI-SRG] [MRT] Model cleanup: data types used only once

Wendy Thomas wlt at umn.edu
Mon Feb 3 11:58:18 EST 2020


One other point (as a bit of background). Many of the properties in
annotation were designed to support ease of translation to Dublin Core
while supporting additional pieces of information that are commonly used in
bibliographic records like designation of the parts of a name so that it
can be correctly assembled rather than depending on users to understand
bibliographic formats.

On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 10:55 AM Wackerow, Joachim <
Joachim.Wackerow at gesis.org> wrote:

> There are some structured data types with attributes (flat structure)
> which are only used once.
>
>
>
> DDICore_40_PIM-DataTypes-StructuredDataTypes-AgentId
>
> DDICore_40_PIM-DataTypes-StructuredDataTypes-BibliographicName
>
> DDICore_40_PIM-DataTypes-StructuredDataTypes-LocalIdFormat
>
>
>
> This raises the question if they really make sense. The attributes could
> be just included in the item where the data type is used.
>
> Or is there any other use of these data types intended?
>
>
>
> BibliographicName inherits from InternationalString but is used only once.
> Again the question if this could be not simpler.
>
>
>
> See attached diagram.
>
>
>
> Achim
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