Punch List: ExternalReference

[iamwillbar]

This is a punch list of open questions from the 2021-12-07 Tech Team meeting. Please comment on this issue with any discussion, proposed answers, or additional questions you have:

• Do we need Comments on External Reference?
• We need to define the types of external references.

[iamwillbar]

2022-03-01:

• Yes, add Comments back.
• Nisha volunteered to list of external references.

[nishakm]

Question: when talking about ExternalReference types, do we mean the format of the link or the type of entity expected on the other side of that link? For links, I don't think there's a reason to list those, but for expected entity, I think that would help automation a great deal. For the purposes of discussion, I'll start by asking if an ExternalReference type can be the same as classes in the existing model.

[armintaenzertng]

Is the list of external reference types still being worked on or can this issue be closed?

Edit: I noticed that most of the types in the section F.3 Package Manager of the 2.3 specification don't have a counterpart in 3.0, yet. I'm talking about maven-central, npm, nuget and bower. Should these be part of ExternalReferenceType?

[goneall]

@armintaenzertng - is there another issue opened for the external reference types needed for migration? If so, we can probably close this issue.

[armintaenzertng]

You are right, Gary, there is #81 to track the migration process which includes the issues discussed here.
I think we can close this issue.

[goneall]

Closing as this is replaced with #81