Just a bit more clarification of what I mean by "extra
work"
If I were using a Java SAX parser, I would
have to go to my Handler implementations and implement the attribute reading
functions that I currently leave unimplemented. Further I would have to
coordinate the results with the End Tag and Start tag functions in a way that
that is much more complicated than just processing content on an end tag and
setting variables on a start tag.
It is not impossible, or even necessarily that hard to
do. It just adds another level of complexity for screwing up. It may
also add real value, but we are going to have to show that clearly, if we really
want acceptance. I we just build it, they will not come.
R/s
Gary A.
Ham
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would be surprised what you can accomplish when you do not care who gets the
credit." - Harry S. Truman
From: Ham, Gary A [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:11 AM
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Subject: RE: [emergency] RE: OGC UoM
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I see the logic. Reading it, however, brings out
the journeyman developer response of: "this is too &^%$$# much work and too
easy to screw up in my code." This will take real, by the numbers,
"UOM for Dummies" documentation for about 85% of the folks working in our
domain. And that may be generous. If we follow this we are going to
need lots of very clear examples. Especially, since it would require us to
break our current rule of avoiding attributes as much as
possible.
Gary A.
Ham
Senior Research
Scientist
Battelle Memorial
Institute
540-288-5611
(office)
703-869-6241
(cell)
"You
would be surprised what you can accomplish when you do not care who gets the
credit." - Harry S. Truman
From: Carl Reed OGC Account
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Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 12:43
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Subject: [emergency]
RE: OGC UoM Best Practices guidance
As I mentioned.
Carl Reed, PhD
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