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In government work, it is frequently necessary to use standard codes.
When displaying a document using such codes, it would be useful to
have a standard format for representing any such list. For example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ISO5218-1977 xmlns="http://example.com/namespace">
<Value Code="1">male</Value>
<Value Code="2">female</Value>
<Value Code="9">not specified</Value>
</ISO5218-1977>
or perhaps:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<List Codelist="ISO5218-1977" xmlns="http://example.com/namespace">
<Value Code="1">male</Value>
<Value Code="2">female</Value>
<Value Code="9">not specified</Value>
</List>
I see such lists being made publicly available (subject to any IPR
issues). I don't know of any attempts to standardise such a format. Is
there any activity in this direction? If not, I shall try to start one
through the OASIS e-Government TC. In which case, which format is
preferred? Or another one?
Regards
Paul Spencer
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