[oslc-core] Clarification of the requiredness of a property in a ResourceShape

[Steve K Speicher]

+1 to Samit's suggestion or something like it.  I was going to propose 
something similar, put it in terms of the occurs value.

Thanks,
Steve Speicher
IBM Rational Software
OSLC - Lifecycle integration inspired by the web -> 
http://open-services.net

> From: Samit Mehta/San Francisco/IBM at IBMUS
> To: John Arwe/Poughkeepsie/IBM at IBMUS, 
> Cc: oslc-core at open-services.net, Nils Kronqvist 
<nils.kronqvist at find-out.se>
> Date: 11/14/2012 09:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [oslc-core] Clarification of the requiredness of a property 
in 
> a ResourceShape
> Sent by: "Oslc-Core" <oslc-core-bounces at open-services.net>
> 
> I am glad that we're clarifying this.  I often get asked how RecordShape 
can
> help to figure out whether a property is required or not.
> 
> My two cents:
> 
> Why not explicitly state which values mean that the property is 
REQUIRED, 
> and which values indicate that the property is OPTIONAL. 
> 
> SUGGESTED DESCRIPTION:
> MUST be either http://open-services.net/ns/core#Exactly-one (property is 
REQUIRED), 
> http://open-services.net/ns/core#One-or-many (property is REQUIRED), 
http://
> open-services.net/ns/core#Zero-or-one (property is OPTIONAL), or http://
> open-services.net/ns/core#Zero-or-many (property is OPTIONAL).
> 
> 
___________________________________________________________________________
> Samit Mehta
> IBM Rational Software - Business Development
> mailto:samit.mehta at us.ibm.com
> 
> 
> "Oslc-Core" <oslc-core-bounces at open-services.net> wrote on 11/13/2012 
07:56:39 AM:
> 
> > From: John Arwe/Poughkeepsie/IBM at IBMUS
> > To: oslc-core at open-services.net, 
> > Cc: Nils Kronqvist <nils.kronqvist at find-out.se>
> > Date: 11/13/2012 07:57 AM
> > Subject: Re: [oslc-core] Clarification of the requiredness of a 
> > property in a ResourceShape
> > Sent by: "Oslc-Core" <oslc-core-bounces at open-services.net>
> > 
> > strawman for change attached, so if the working group feels a change
> > is worthwhile then perhaps we can move it along on tomorrow's call 
> 
> > Best Regards, John
> > 
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> > Tivoli OSLC Lead - Show me the Scenario 
> > [attachment "20121113OccursRequiredClarification.pdf" deleted by 
> > Samit Mehta/San Francisco/IBM] 
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