DECOR-issues
Contents
General
The issues
element of a DECOR project file holds the issues of the project. It occurs exactly once in a DECOR file.
Attributes of element issues
@notifier
The Automatic Notifier System (if activated) notifies all authors of the project about changes of any project issue. It can be switched "on" or "off", default is "on".
<issues notifier="on">
<issue ... />
</issues>
List of issues
Subsequently a list of issue
elements represents the issues. An issue has
- 0..* object elements
- ...a choice of 0..* tracking and assignment elements.
<issue id="2.16.578.1.34.77.6.1" priority="LL" displayName="Codes separate?" type="CLF">
<object id="2.16.578.1.34.11.2" type="VS" effectiveDate="2011-07-01T00:00:00"/>
<tracking effectiveDate="2013-01-29T14:11:22" statusCode="open">
...
</tracking>
<assignment to="3" name="Rana Tempo" effectiveDate="2013-01-30T13:22:00">
...
</assignment>
</issue>
Attributes of element issue
@id
The unique id of this issue.
@type
The type of this issue.
Code | Description |
---|---|
INC | Incident |
RFC | Change Request |
FUT | For future consideration |
CLF | Request for Information/Education |
@priority
The priority level of this issue, defaults to normal.
Code | Description |
---|---|
HH | Highest |
H | High |
N | Normal |
L | Low |
LL | Lowest |
@displayName
A short text to describe the issue (headline).
object
There may be 0..* object references where this issue refers to. It has the following attributes in order to reflect a proper reference.
<object id="2.16.578.1.34.11.2" type="VS" effectiveDate="2011-07-01T00:00:00"/>
object/@id
The id of the object that is subject to the issue; either id or name of the object should be given.
object/@name
The name of the object that is subject to the issue; either name or id of the object should be given.
object/@type
The type of the object that is subject to the issue.
Code | Object with issue is a... |
---|---|
DS | ...Data Set |
DE | ...Data Element |
SC | ...Scenario |
TR | ...Transaction |
VS | ...Value Set |
TM | ...Template |
EM | ...Template Element |
IS | Object with reference to another issue |
object/@effectiveDate
The optional effectiveDate of the object that is subject to the issue.
Tracking / Assignments
An issue may have 0..* issue trackings and / or assignments in any sequence.
issue/tracking
This reflects the list of historic events in terms of comments tracking.
<tracking effectiveDate="2013-01-29T14:11:22" statusCode="open">
<author id="1"/>
<desc language="en-US">Why do the Norwegians have <i>different</i> codes
for divorced man-woman vs man-man vs woman-woman relationships?</desc>
</tracking>
tracking/@effectiveDate
Identifies the effective date and time of the tracking.
tracking/@statusCode
The status code of the issue associated with this tracking. There is an underlying status machine:
Code | Description |
---|---|
new | Issue just created. It is new and will soon become a draft/open/finalized issue. Beyond the author, nobody should look at this issue unless it's status code is open or beyond. |
open | Issue is open, ready for actions to take on, also open for comments |
inprogress | Issue is in progress |
feedback | Issue is in progress but needs feedback from others |
closed | Issue is closed including an solution |
rejected | Issue is rejected |
deferred | Issue is deferred |
cancelled | Issue is cancelled |
tracking/@label
References one or multiple label codes as defined in issues/labels.
tracking/author
An author element, see Authors of trackings or assignments
tracking/desc
What is the description or question associated with this tracking.
issue/assignment
This reflects the list of historic events in terms of assignments of an issue to a person or group.
<assignment to="3" name="Sandro Torres" effectiveDate="2013-01-30T13:22:00">
<author id="1">dr Kai U. Heitmann</author>
<desc language="en-US">Please follow-up on this, Sandro.</desc>
</assignment>
assignment/@to
Identifier of the person or group where this issue has been assigned to.
assignment/@name
Name / label of the person or group where this issue has been assigned to.
assignment/@effectiveDate
Identifies the effective date and time of the assignment.
assignment/@label
References one or multiple label codes as defined in issues/labels.
assignment/author
An author element, see Authors of trackings or assignments
assignment/desc
What is the description or question associated with this assignment.