[eml-dev] [Bug 3480] New: - duplicate distribution types (in resource.xsd, and physical.xsd)

[Margaret O'Brien]

Thanks David - It seems like to could have been something like that. 
However it might make more sense to have only one, since they are 
currently identical, and then extend the type if needed.

David Blankman wrote:
> Margaret,
>
> I am trying to remeber the rational for having distribution in two 
> places. I think that we did that expecting that lots of people would 
> not use eml-Physical, so it made sense to have it in resource. The 
> distribution information in Resource was intended, I think, for human 
> consumption while the element in eml-physical was meant primarily for 
> software agents.
>
> I am not making a case for two versions, but rather trying to remember 
> the rational. I don't trust my memory so I could be wrong, but my 
> explanation, at least, seems logical.
>
> David
>
> David Blankman
> Director of Information Management, Israel LTER/Ma'arag
> Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology
> Jacob Blaustein Desert Research Institute
> Ben Gurion University
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>
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:08 PM, <bugzilla-daemon at ecoinformatics.org 
> <mailto:bugzilla-daemon at ecoinformatics.org>> wrote:
>
>     http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3480
>
>               Summary: duplicate distribution types (in resource.xsd, and
>                        physical.xsd)
>               Product: EML
>               Version: 2.0.1
>              Platform: Other
>            OS/Version: All
>                Status: NEW
>              Severity: normal
>              Priority: P2
>             Component: eml - general bugs
>            AssignedTo: jones at nceas.ucsb.edu <mailto:jones at nceas.ucsb.edu>
>            ReportedBy: mob at icess.ucsb.edu <mailto:mob at icess.ucsb.edu>
>             QAContact: eml-dev at ecoinformatics.org
>     <mailto:eml-dev at ecoinformatics.org>
>
>
>     In examining <distribution>: there are currently 2 Distribution
>     Types, which
>     are identical:
>
>     1. eml-physical.xsd:  <xs:complexType name="PhysicalDistributionType">
>
>     used by:
>     eml-physical.xsd:1169:        <xs:element name="distribution"
>     type="PhysicalDistributionType"
>
>     and
>     2. eml-resource.xsd:  <xs:complexType name="DistributionType">
>
>     used in these schemas:
>     eml-resource.xsd:364:      <xs:element name="distribution"
>     type="DistributionType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
>     eml-software.xsd:129:              <xs:element name="distribution"
>     type="res:DistributionType" maxOccurs="unbounded"> (this one is a
>     child of
>     <implementation>)
>
>     I cant tell why this is the case. What was the rationale for having 2?
>
>     Also note that bug #1154 only mentions one of these,
>     PhysicalDistributionType
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Margaret O'Brien
Information Management
Santa Barbara Coastal LTER 
Marine Science Institute
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA  93106-6150

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