On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 Priscilla Caplan wrote:
> What is the policy on dumbing-down structured values?
>
Priscilla,
As I understand it, dumb-down is only an issue for element
refinements. A DCSV is a text string which is the value of an
element. If an application chooses not to decode the content of the
DCSV it simply gets the whole string.
I do think that this means that a DCSV string should be relatively
human-readable without cryptic labels, ie so that a person could
understand its content. But apart from that I don't think dumb-down
is an issue of concern.
Best wishes,
Ann
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