Re: [Animl-develop] Application

[<dal...@ag...>]

Maybe instead of Application element it could be called DocumentInfo and =
had elements such as=20

	CreatedBY
	CreationDate
	Description
	LastModifiedBy
	LastModifiedDate
	ApplicationVersion
	AuditTrail - Entries

Dale.

-----Original Message-----
From: O'NEILL,DALE (A-USA,ex1)=20
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 4:16 PM
To: 'Burkhard Schaefer'; O'NEILL,DALE (A-USA,ex1)
Cc: gar...@ni...; mar...@wa...; mar...@gs...; =
ani...@li...; Alexander Roth
Subject: RE: Application

I believe the only piece of software to leave its mark should be the =
creator of the file. If additional pieces of software change or modify =
any part of the original file, then an audit trail entry would suffice.

Dale.

-----Original Message-----
From: Burkhard Schaefer [mailto:b.s...@bs...]=20
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 3:38 PM
To: dal...@ag...
Cc: gar...@ni...; mar...@wa...; mar...@gs...; =
ani...@li...; Alexander Roth
Subject: Re: Application

I'm not sure if we need to completely break down the name of the=20
generator software into Vendor/Product/Version. Perhaps a "generator"=20
attribute would suffice?

<AnIML version=3D"..." generator=3D"Burkhard Inc.'s MyShinyProduct 1.0">
...
</AnIML>

On the other hand, an application could always store this as XML=20
comments. If at all needed.

However, perhaps it opens another ugly can of worms: If we introduce a=20
systematic mechanism to add generator information, we need a policy=20
which software is allowed to leave its marks in the file:

- the software that created the file?
- the software that performed the most recent modification?

What if multiple pieces of software were involved?
I'd like to not open this can of worms too wide. Other thoughts?

Burkhard



dal...@ag... wrote:
> To all:
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> AnIML is used primarily as an Archive and interchange mechanism. One=20
> item that seems should be there in the core is an Application element =
or=20
> complex type. The string or complex type would describing the =
generating=20
> Application.  The information contained would include manufacturer,=20
> program name and revision. ie "Scientific Software; Elite; 3.2" =20
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> The complex type could have the following elements:
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>             Manufacturer
>=20
>             Program name
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>             Program revision
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> Dale.
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BSSN Software

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