[GeneX-dev] Re: DTD versions

[Todd P. <tf...@nc...>]

> Good question. The versions changed for two reasons (neither of which
> are all that convincing):
> * The DTD's were moved from my CVS tree on my local machine to a new
>   CVS repository (Harry's machine), in a 'CVS-friendly' way that
>   unfortunately reset all version numbers to 1.1
> * Many comments were modified in the files to change all uses of GEML
>   to be GeneXML

ahhhh...that explains it.

>
> Now as to how to fix this. Long term, here are my suggestions:
> 1) The version numbers are automatically assigned by CVS, and until we
>    get everything into it's permanent home on SourceForge, these may
>    change again, and as such, are not stable

eww. ok, have to deal with it.

> 2) The dates, while also assigned by CVS are more stable, as they will
>    at least be guaranteed to increase no matter what archive they are
>    in.

unless the date/time is changed.

> 3) I would recommend that the CT uses an approach similar to that of
>    xml2db, which is to accept a list of values and not just a single
>    value. This means that you could simply add to the list when a
>    minor version change takes place (such as the comment changes
>    above).
> 4) I'm not sure whether it's possible for you to have these in some
>    external configuration file instead of in the java source. That way
>    you could modify the configuration file and not need to recompile
>    any .class files

could be put in properties file.

>
> Short term to ensure things are working on genex.ncgr.org ASAP:
> * I will modify the version strings on the DTD's in the installation so
>   they appear to be the version you're expecting

or i could make the mismatch less strict than it is now by just writing a
message to the console window instead of throwing an exception and stopping.
That's what I will do for now since versions might be messed up for a while.
When we settle things down, versions will be checked again somehow (most
likely not the way they are now).

>
> jas.
>
> "Todd Peterson" <tf...@nc...> writes:
>
> > When did versions of DTDs change? Here is what CT is expecting (direct
from
> > GEMLConstants.java):
> >
> >  public static final String EXPECTED_GEML_VERSION = "1.15";
> >  public static final String EXPECTED_USF_VERSION = "1.7";
> >  public static final String EXPECTED_CSF_VERSION = "1.4";
> >  public static final String EXPECTED_AMS_VERSION = "1.7";
> >  public static final String EXPECTED_ALS_VERSION = "1.5";
> >  public static final String EXPECTED_GEML_DATE = "2000/10/31";
> >  public static final String EXPECTED_USF_DATE = "2000/10/17";
> >  public static final String EXPECTED_CSF_DATE = "2000/10/17";
> >  public static final String EXPECTED_AMS_DATE = "2000/10/17";
> >  public static final String EXPECTED_ALS_DATE = "2000/10/17";
> >
> > here's what I get from downloaded control bundle:
> >
> > <GENEXML cvs_id="$Id: genexml.dtd,v 1.1 2001/01/03 17:38:09 jes Exp $"
> > date="2001/01/03" version="1.1">
> >
> > <USF cvs_id="$Id: usf.dtd,v 1.1 2001/01/03 17:38:09 jes Exp $"
> >         date="2001/01/03"
> >         version="1.1">
> >
> > <CSF cvs_id="$Id: csf.dtd,v 1.1 2001/01/03 17:38:09 jes Exp $"
> >         date="2001/01/03"
> >         version="1.1">
> >
> > <ALS cvs_id="$Id: als.dtd,v 1.1 2001/01/03 17:38:09 jes Exp $"
> >         date="2001/01/03"
> >         version="1.1">
> >
> > Todd Peterson
> > NCGR
> > mailto:tf...@nc...
> > (505) 995-4417
>