[New-ITS] Reshaping should be at the discretion of animplementor

Grahame Grieve grahame at kestral.com.au
Mon Sep 4 11:13:10 BST 2006



Thomas Beale wrote:
> [I assume this was meant for the list]

yes, whoops

> Grahame Grieve wrote:
>> there is never an option for include by reference - at this time.
>> You must include by value always.
>>
>> but in some models there is an option to provide minimal
>> details including an SDS reference, or full details if the
>> entity isn't registered on SDS. This is not the same issue.
>>
>> Grahame
> 
> Ok -so references are always in by value - that's normal; how often are 
> references used instead of in-place demographic entities? What is the 
> basis for doing one of the other? Where does the RIM support references 
> to demographic entities rather than including them by value?

how often - as the business case requires. I cannot speak for
any statistical count.

where - there's id and other details. You constrain accordingly

Grahame


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