Re: PCLS classes deprecated in PCELS

Pana, Mircea wrote, On 09/12/03 16:10:
> So, if I understand correctly, everything would be "OK" if PCELS did:
> 
> 1. Define only subclasses of PCLS classes and, where not possible, 
> redefine PCLS concepts as new classes (use different names and oid.s). 
> This is already the case in the currently published ID with the 
> exception of pcimGroup* that would need to be redefined with a different 
> name. 
> 
> 2. Use "for compliance with PCIMe implementations SHALL use <list schema 
> items> instead of <list of schema items> for the realization of 
> <concepts>" instead of deprecating PCLS classes. This would be added to 
> a new revision of the ID.
> 
> I'm fine with both. (I hope I did not miss anything)


Excellent!


> 
> Wrt. naming PCELS classes and attributes pcime* instead of pcim*, as 
> long as there are no naming conflicts, I would prefer to avoid it if 
> possible. Could you live with that? However if we have to do it for one 
> item we should do it for all.


The distinction between PCIM/PCLS (the "core") and PCIMe/PCELS (the
"extension") is significant; significant enough to distinguish the
work of you and your co-authors by assigning a set of distinctive names
to all new and different PCELS attributetypes and objectclasses. If
PCELS does not do this, implementers will naturally expect that
information components with similar prefixes belong to the same
information model. The logical differences between PCIM/PCLS and
PCIMe/PCELS preclude this kind of mix and match. PCELS should
facilitate implementation by providing its own set of names.

One more thing. I agree with John Strassner, who writes:
 > ..this document changes PCLS in several fundamental ways. I do NOT
 > think that the word "update" should be used anywhere in this document. </js>

Thanks,

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