Joining the abstract model schematron files

[svanteschubert]

Within this validation project for every syntax UBL/CII/EDIFACT exist an abstract model directory containing a rule schematron file upon the EU semantic model:

validation\ubl\schematron\abstract\EN16931-model.sch
validation\cii\schematron\abstract\EN16931-CII-model.sch
validation\edifact\schematron\abstract\EN16931-EDIFACT-model.sch

All three files have many rules in common and do not bear any specific rules for a certain syntax.

To avoid data duplication and keep the quality across the syntax formats consistent, I would suggest to combine all three files into a single one, such as
validation\common\schematron\abstract\EN16931-model.sch
Even if there would be specific rules, the outsourcing of the common rules would improve code quality by reducing duplication.

A similar data duplication can be observed between the codelists of XML syntaxes UBL and CII:
validation\ubl\schematron\codelist\EN16931-codes.sch
validation\cii\schematron\codelist\EN16931-CII-codes.sch
combining those two files into one file for the XML languages, such as
validation\common\schematron\codelist\EN16931-xml-codes.sch
would improve overal code quality.

[oriol]

This was the original idea for this validation architecture, but was not implemented due to its more complex management a while ago.