Talk:NTCTXT

jens 16:43, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Should this and NTCHRS replace NTCTIM?

I like the idea of having two options for coding notice time, the numeric and the alphanumeric. That offers flexibility needed.

raphael 20:27, 14 September 2009 (UTC): Thinking about this...removing a complex attribute is good, allowing encoding of same information as in two places may be debatable if the attributes are not linked somehow. Might it make updates more error-prone, for example if someone encodes NTCHRS=24, NTCTXT="one working day", then someone else updates one but overlooks the other? (updated by raphael 20:39, 14 September 2009 (UTC))

jens 05:18, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

My first thought is that we can expect a minimum of encoder intelligence. But even than it can go wrong. However, the offer of numeric and alphanumeric is still good. Is the correct definition enough to ensure that both are not mixed together? Allowing only one looks different too if one has to encode "as early as possible and 48, 24 and 12 hrs in advance". Perhaps we can add a remark saying if one attribute is been set the second attribute must not cover the same information again. At the moment I have no better idea. Others please.