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Chiusano Joseph wrote:
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> Speaking from my work, which is in the federal realm:
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> - where's the grounds for authority?
> </Quote>
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> An XML registry that is maintained by a Registration Authority (per
> ISO/IEC 11179), and whose contents are approved and maintained by a
> governance body. This registry is the source of "authoritative metadata"
> shared and utilized by a Community of Interest (COI).
ok, so if one is encoding archival data over which this governance body has
authority, or even just exchanging data with another party who recognizes
their authority, why would one ever bother to encode or exchange any mention
of ProductPartIdentifier, when the necessary and sufficient identifier is UDEF_9_5_8?
?
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