Re: [Animl-develop] Update to JCAMP Converter

[Burkhard S. <bur...@bu...>]

Hi Stuart and Maren,

>>> 2) Where should any JCAMP comments be put in the AniML file?
>> At the moment, we don't have an explicit facility for comments, but 
>> AnIML supports the standard XML comments format ( <!-- my comment --> ).
> In this case, a viewer will have to be able to read XML comments in an 
> AnIML file, associate them with the proper elements, and display them. 
> People will want to view these comments.

Yes. There's no explicit relation between an XML comment and the 
associated element. The same problem exists in JCAMP. It's hard to 
determine which data item a JCAMP comment belongs to.


>>> 5) If a value is required in an AnIML document but is not available in 
>>> the JCAMP file (or any other source file/datasystem) what should be 
> put 
>>> there?
>>>      Default value?  No value (empty element)?
>> The value cannot be left blank. That's why it's required. If the data is 
>> not known, you'd have to take an informed guess.
 >
> Unfortunately, informed guesses are not 21 CFR 11 compliant (no accurate 
> copy of records). It is the task of the technique definition groups to 
> make sure the required AnIML elements can be filled.

Yes. Technique definitions should not have fields marked as mandatory 
where it's likely that the data will be difficult or impossible to obtain.

Best regards,
Burkhard