[eml-dev] [Bug 1662] - id key definitions in EML

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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1662


jones at nceas.ucsb.edu changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Severity|normal                      |major
           Priority|P2                          |P1
   Target Milestone|Postpone                    |EML2.2.0




------- Comment #5 from jones at nceas.ucsb.edu  2008-10-01 17:02 -------
After reviewing this bug, I still concur that it is an important problem that
should be addressed as it causes validation problems for people trying to link
to external systems.  However, the exact implementation will require a more
sophisticated EML Parser that can check if IDs are unique within the context of
a particular system attribute.  So, I think this additional work requires that
we move this fix to the next release so that EML 2.1 can be released without
delay.  I have retargeted this for EML 2.2.0, and it should be triaged then
when we make plans for that release.

One other note: In his original report, McCartney worries that it will be
difficult to build applications that handle references in arbitrary places. 
With experience doing this for Metacat and Morpho, it now dow not seem to be
such a big problem, so I think that is a non-issue.