[dfdl-wg] Agenda topics for F2F meeting

[Steve Hanson]

Hi Mike

I think we are in sync on this, but please can I reinforce the point that
the primary aim of the F2F should be to come to an agreement between all
parties on the high-level design issues?

Regards, Steve

Steve Hanson
WebSphere Business Integration Brokers,
IBM Hursley, England
Internet: smh at uk.ibm.com
Phone (+44)/(0) 1962-815848


                                                                           
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Summarized from our call today.

Agenda for F2F meeting:

* High-level design issues
    - clarify what we already agree on
    - issue: complexity of what rep-property applies when they can be on
type, scope, local, default, etc.
        - note: IBM suggestion: no rep annotations on simple type
definitions

* Transforms - how to specify them, and what their properties/parameters
are.
    - (we need a new name different from 'transforms' I think - mikeb)
    - black-box external transforms
    - internally specified "in DFDL" transforms
    - everyone's dissatisfied with these examples in Jim's latest set, so
far.

* OMG Type Descriptor Model - review its capabilities
    - consider relative to prior rep-properties proposals?

* Complexity Limits - review some "hard" examples where we don't have
constructs yet to handle them.
    - do we want/need to cover these examples.

That's enough agenda to fill the 2 days. We'll also allow ourselves some
flexibility to re-prioritize.