[DDI-SRG] [Fwd: [DDI 3.0 0000008]: Format vs FormatScheme under PhysicalDataProduct]

[Wendy Thomas]

do you have an ascii .txt or .dat file with an spss setup or a .sav file?


On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Pascal Heus wrote:

> Does this mean my use case can be implemented?
> (Note that it should read formatScheme=SPSS, format=ASCII)
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	[DDI 3.0 0000008]: Format vs FormatScheme under 
> PhysicalDataProduct
> Date: 	Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:25:23 -0700
> From: 	noreply at opendatafoundation.org
> To: 	pheus at opendatafoundation.org
>
>
>
> The following issue has been RESOLVED. 
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> http://mantis.ddialliance.org/view.php?id=8 
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> Reported By:                pheus
> Assigned To:                wthomas
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> Project:                    DDI 3.0
> Issue ID:                   8
> Category:                   Documentation, field level
> Reproducibility:            N/A
> Severity:                   minor
> Priority:                   normal
> Status:                     resolved
> Related Module:             PhysicalInstance XPath: 
> /Format Related use case:           DExT Implemented Solution: 
> Resolution:                 open
> Fixed in Version: 
> ====================================================================== Date 
> Submitted:             07-12-2007 14:57 PDT
> Last Modified:              09-27-2007 16:25 PDT
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> Summary:                    Format vs FormatScheme under PhysicalDataProduct
> Description: Elements PhysicalDataProduct/Format and 
> PhysicalDataProduct/FormatScheme
> have the same definition. The documentation should explain what the
> differences are. 
> While they seem redundant, I do have use case for this as I do store SPSS
> files (with FormatScheme="SPSS") in ASCII format (Format="SPSS") 
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> Relationships       ID      Summary
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> related to          0000013 Issues with DataType in PhysicalDataPro...
> related to          0000006 LogicalRecordReference in PhysicalDataP...
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> wthomas - 09-27-07 16:25 
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> ACTION:
> This seems to be a carry over from DDI 2 which did not have the detailed
> information now provided by BaseRecordLayout and alternate means of
> describing DataItem structure. As this is the format of the data set and
> does not fall within the group of default settings for DataItems, it is
> only required at the PhysicalDataProduct level.
>
> Remove: FormatScheme from both PhysicalDataProduct and DataItem
> Add: Format documentation - expand to include examples (fixed, delimited,
> SPSS .sav, SAS, EXCEL, etc.)
> REMOVE DataItem/Format
>
>
> Issue History Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change 
> ====================================================================== 
> 07-12-07 14:57  pheus          New Issue 
> 07-12-07 14:57  pheus          Related Module            => PhysicalInstance
> 07-12-07 14:57  pheus          XPath                     => /Format 
> 07-12-07 14:57  pheus          Related use case          => DExT 
> 07-12-07 16:25  pheus          Status                   new => assigned 
> 07-12-07 16:25  pheus          Assigned To               => wthomas 
> 07-12-07 18:02  pheus          Assigned To              wthomas => 
> 07-12-07 18:02  pheus          Status                   assigned => new 
> 07-21-07 10:11  wthomas        Status                   new => assigned 
> 07-21-07 10:11  wthomas        Assigned To               => wthomas 
> 07-21-07 10:12  wthomas        Relationship added       related to 0000013 
> 08-19-07 05:10  wthomas        Relationship added       related to 0000006 
> 09-27-07 16:25  wthomas        Note Added: 0000059 
> 09-27-07 16:25  wthomas        Status                   assigned => resolved
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