Hi all, Today, while fixing the enumerations as decided last time, I found myself facing two problems: Problem 1) how to communicate what-obsoletes-what or what-is-recommended-instead. In short, how does a consumer find out what to use if a string she's using is deprecated. I'll give you an example with these records: IntefaceName_t | Description | Status | ============================================================================= org.globus.gram | job submission service for Globus | Recommended | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GRAM5 | job submission service for Globus version | Deprecated | | 5.x (GRAM5) | | Problem: I search for GRAM5, i see is deprecated, how do I find out what to use instead? Solution: My solution will be to enrich the CSV this way: IntefaceName_t | Description | Status | Recommended | Deprecates | ============================================================================================================ org.globus.gram | job submission service for Globus | Recommended | | GRAM5 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GRAM5 | job submission service for Globus version | Deprecated | org.globus.gram | | | 5.x (GRAM5) | | | | that is, adding two fields (that can be multilined) This will also allow me to speedup the process of reviewing existing InterfaceName_t overlaps, as I will send to the list a list of services with multiple names with a proposed deprecated/recommended set. Problem 2) Warren once requested me to provide a single file containing all the enumerations. The problem with the current CSV is that, if I just merge them, one will loose the reference to what Enumeration Type the merged document refers to. Thus, I need to add an additional field with the enumeration type name for that. Two ways: Solution a) Keep the single files as they are, and generate a merged file. If you consider InterfaceName in Problem 1 above, an example of merged file including ServiceType_t would be: EnumerationType | EnumerationName | Status | Recommended | Deprecates | ================================================================================ InterfaceName_t | GRAM5 | Deprecated | org.globus.gram | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ServiceType_t | egi.GRIDVIEW | Recommended | | | Solution b) Change all existing files to the above format. I would prefer solution b), as it makes consistent to use either the big file or a sigle file with the same parser. There is no strictural difference between the partial files and the big file. This will require also a change in the document I wrote on enumerations. Your opinions are very welcome. If no objections I will follow the solutions shown up here and document all of them in the changelog file. Cheers, Florido -- ================================================== Florido Paganelli ARC Middleware Developer - NorduGrid Collaboration System Administrator Lund University Department of Physics Division of Particle Physics BOX118 221 00 Lund Office Location: Fysikum, Hus B, Rum B313 Office Tel: 046-2220272 Email: florido.paganelli@REMOVE_THIShep.lu.se Homepage: http://www.hep.lu.se/staff/paganelli ==================================================