IDs

[Dan Higgins]

Chad,

    I assumed that all IDs (except for the top level one in 'eml') would 
be optional because it should be possible to create an eml datapackage 
that never uses internal IDs. (and requiring elements that are not 
needed should not be done.)

Dan

Chad Berkley wrote:

>A new question for everyone:  Should all ID fields be optional or
>required or should it depend on the module in which it exists?  For
>instance, we could say that all attributes must have an id, but not all
>citations.  
>
>comments?
> 
>

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