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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">ValueString shouldn’t be a Datatype it is a thing that inherits from InstanceValue with a string content. It is the specific string that was captured to signify something.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Perhaps all the attributes you list (e.g. </span>FormatDescription-InstanceVariableMap-setValue ) should just be a simple string and not a ValueString.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> ddi-srg-bounces@icpsr.umich.edu <ddi-srg-bounces@icpsr.umich.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Wackerow, Joachim<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 10, 2020 1:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> DDI - Structural Reform Group <ddi-srg@icpsr.umich.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DDI-SRG] [MRT] Bug: ValueString inherits from InstanceValue<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If this is goal, a different modeling approach is required. It is not possible in UML that an attribute is defined by a data type which inherits from a class.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Achim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> Hoyle, Larry [<a href="mailto:larryhoyle@ku.edu">mailto:larryhoyle@ku.edu</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 10, 2020 19:55<br>
<b>To:</b> Wackerow, Joachim; DDI - Structural Reform Group<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [MRT] Bug: ValueString inherits from InstanceValue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">A string is only one type of value. This structure allows for representations in the future like real binary, blob (image, sound, etc).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:ddi-srg-bounces@icpsr.umich.edu">
ddi-srg-bounces@icpsr.umich.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:ddi-srg-bounces@icpsr.umich.edu">ddi-srg-bounces@icpsr.umich.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Wackerow, Joachim<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 10, 2020 12:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> DDI - Structural Reform Group <<a href="mailto:ddi-srg@icpsr.umich.edu">ddi-srg@icpsr.umich.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DDI-SRG] [MRT] Bug: ValueString inherits from InstanceValue<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The data type ValueString inherits from InstanceValue. The inheritance doesn’t make sense here.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What is the intention here?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ValueString is used in as data type in the following attributes:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">FormatDescription-InstanceVariableMap-setValue<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">FormatDescription-ValueMapping-defaultValue<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Representations-CategoryStatistic-categoryValue<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Representations-CategoryStatistic-filterValue<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A related Diagram is attached.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Achim<o:p></o:p></p>
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