originInfo/projectId element out of order, so newly created entities do not validate

[brundin]

For person, organization, and place entities that are created using the CWRC dialogs, the originInfo/projectId element is created in the wrong sequential order, so newly created entities do not validate. In the entities.rng schema, the originInfo element defines the following child elements in this sequential order: projectId, recordIdentifier, recordCreationDate, recordChangeDate, and recordOrigin. However, new entities that are created using the CWRC dialogs create the following child elements of originInfo in this order: recordCreationDate, recordChangeDate, and projectId. I.e., projectId is appearing last, as opposed to first, as the schema defines these elements. Thus, newly created entities using the CWRC dialogs are not validating, due to this error.

So, we can either (a) modify the dialogs so that projectId appears first, or (b) modify the entities.rng schema such that the order of the child elements of originInfo does not matter, by wrapping all of the child elements of originInfo in an interleave directive.

I recommend option (b), that we just make that small change in the entities.rng schema.

[ghost]

I agree with the modification to the schema.

On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 11:28 AM, brundin notifications@github.com wrote:

For person, organization, and place entities that are created using the
CWRC dialogs, the originInfo/projectId element is created in the wrong
sequential order, so newly created entities do not validate. In the
entities.rng schema, the originInfo element defines the following child
elements in this sequential order: projectId, recordIdentifier,
recordCreationDate, recordChangeDate, and recordOrigin. However, new
entities that are created using the CWRC dialogs create the following child
elements of originInfo in this order: recordCreationDate, recordChangeDate,
and projectId. I.e., projectId is appearing last, as opposed to first, as
the schema defines these elements. Thus, newly created entities using the
CWRC dialogs are not validating, due to this error.

So, we can either (a) modify the dialogs so that projectId appears first,
or (b) modify the entities.rng schema such that the order of the child
elements of originInfo does not matter, by wrapping all of the child
elements of originInfo in an interleave directive.

I recommend option (b), that we just make that small change in the
entities.rng schema.

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[brundin]

MRB & JCA have made the change. Closed.