Re: CAP-12-a: 9.6 VQUERY Component - QUERYID/NAME

Doug Royer wrote:

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> [email protected] wrote:
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>> In CAP-12-a, under Section 9.6 VQUERY Component is written:
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>>                                              Normally "NAME" and
>>   "QUERYID" properties are used when looking for a correct stored
>>   "VQUERY" component, or when storing a "VQUERY" component.
>>
>> Im curious to know when we decided that the NAME property was to be 
>> used for identifying the VQUERY?  
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> Check the archives, I think the requirement came from CS&T and
> there were no objections.

In February 2002, Steltor (formerly CS&T, and now Oracle) proposed
to rename the property QUERYNAME to QUERYID and to add a new property
NAME to specify a localizable display name.

VQUERY components should be referred to with their unique QUERYID not
their NAME which may not be unique.

Cheers,
Bernard


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>> If its just the "localizable display name" then what use is it in 
>> looking for the particular VQUERY?  Isn't that the sole role for the 
>> QUERYID property?  If not, when is NAME _not_ used (since the text 
>> says "Normally"...)?
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> Correct. They wanted a localizable display name. Not everyone has
> to support just one locale at a time.
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>> Since later text says:
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>>    For a search, if the "TARGET" property is supplied in a "VQUERY"
>>   component, then the CS is to search for the query in the calid
>>   supplied by the "TARGET" property value.
>>
>> I suspect that the 1st bit above is just poor phrasing and there is no 
>> actual intent of using NAME in some unspecified combination with 
>> QUERYID.  However I dont want to second guess Dougs intent here.  
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> I did not write that text. I'll change it to remove NAME:
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>  The "QUERYID" property specifies the local identifier for
>  a stored "VQUERY" component. The "NAME" property specifies
>  a localizable display name of a stored "VQUERY" component.
>  Normally the "QUERYID" property is used when looking for a correct
>  stored "VQUERY" component, or when storing a "VQUERY" component.
> 
> TARGET is used so that you can use stored QUERIES that are not in
> the current CMD/TARGET, such as when you have access to more than
> one calendar.
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