Re: [IDMEF] IESG Comment section 3.2.5

>>>>> On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Herve Debar, identified as "Herve" below, wrote:

  +> Also, I noticed this: [[ 3.2.5 Enumerated Types
  +> Enumerated types are represented by the ENUM data type, and consist of an
  +> ordered list of acceptable values.  Each value has a rank (number) and a
  +> representing keyword.
  +> Within IDMEF XML messages, the enumerated type keywords are used as
  +> attribute values, and the ranks are ignored.  However, those IDMEF-
  +> compliant applications that choose to represent these values internally in
  +> a numeric format MUST use the rank values identified in this memo. ]]
  +> What right has a spec of this type to tell an application to do
  +> internally?

  Herve> Suggestion: drop paragraph.

Agreed.  I think this is an artifact of the merge of the UML draft (which had
an SMI/SNMP flavor) and the XML draft, and probably never should have made it
through the merge.

--Dave