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update cardinality text for omitted optional fields #861

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@lumjjb lumjjb commented Aug 22, 2023

As a follow up based on conversations on the mailing list (https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-tech/topic/100823660), and on today's tech call 2023-08-22, (minutes) - . This PR is to add additional text to communicate that omission of fields with optional cardinality should be treated as signaling NOASSERTION.

Signed-off-by: Brandon Lum <lumjjb@gmail.com>
@lumjjb lumjjb changed the title update conformance text for omitted optional fields update cardinality text for omitted optional fields Aug 22, 2023
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bact commented Jul 11, 2024

Since the proposal here has been discussed in the Tech call already.

Do we like to also have this proposed text:

Unless specified otherwise, omission of an optional field should be interpretted as signaling NOASSERTION.

in the Conformance section of post-v3.0 version, like v3.0.1, as well?

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goneall commented Oct 15, 2024

Discussed on the 15 Oct 2024 tech call - there were a couple concerns with documenting this for the 3.0 spec:

  • NOASSERTION is declaring a known unknow and we may loose the semantics of this being an intentional declaration
  • NOASSERTION in 3.0 is actually for an Object property with a range of ELEMENT

Leaving this issue open for further discussion.

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bact commented Oct 15, 2024

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