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Notes
The Enumerations SIG meet and discussed the possible directions in the attached deck. Some key points from the meeting:
Removal of Types
- Members expressed concern over losing some of the "national context" of Ed-Fi standards if Types are removed - that context is about cross sector interoperability and is critical.. However, some members also reminded the group that the division of Ed-Fi enumerations into Types and Descriptors is confusing (some admitted in fact to not understanding the difference until the SIG - that is, in very mature implementations).
- It was also noted that the state use case for Ed-Fi's standards and APIs is often quite different from cross-sector interoperability given how customized that context can become.
- Further, it was in general agreed that in the state context, no enumeration is not subject to modification by policy (i.e. all enumerations are potentially volatile).
Namespaces
- The concept of requiring namespaces for descriptors was agreed on.
Modeling of Descriptors
- Some members pointed out that ShortDescription (from the UDM model of Descriptors) is in use in many implementations, as a way to populate drop-down lists where shorter values are needed. In general, the recommendation was to keep both a long and short description.
Supporting multiple operational contexts
- The group would like to see more definition and planning on an implementation of the ODS that would allow for multiple operational contexts via Descriptor mappings.