additional names for a centre

[bansp]

We've already seen issues where a centre is called one name in the CLARIN network, another in Text+, and has a third name for other purposes (or there exist minute organisational differences perhaps not fully relevant from the point of view of the SIS).

The listing of TALAR in re3data is a nice example of several issues, notably of handling the naming differences:
https://www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100010152

Let us make it possible to use more than one name for a centre / repository. Let these names get qualified by optional attributes whose content is going to end up in brackets after the name. Hmm, or a loose attribute as above and a controlled @ri attribute, that could be used for the purpose of filtering...

One way or another, this is a schema + implementation ticket, so I am self-assigning it for the schema part and will switch to Eliza once I'm done.

[bansp]

Prioritising for myself; it's a short job and it would be good to handle it asaP.

[bansp]

This is what we have there right now, it must have been a rather quick patch:

               <xs:element name="centre" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                    <xs:complexType mixed="true">
                        <xs:sequence>
                            <xs:element name="name" type="xs:string"/>
                            <xs:element ref="a"/>
                            <xs:element ref="nodeInfo"/>
                        </xs:sequence>
                        <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:ID" use="required"/>
                        <xs:attribute name="deposition" type="xs:boolean" use="optional" default="false"/>
                    </xs:complexType>
                </xs:element>

I suggest to change "name" to "centreName", to make it more specific. I also suggest that <a> is misused here and should evolve.
Also, centreName should get the attributes @ri (restricted list) and a boolean @preferred that kicks in in the absence of @ri (the logic should be a bit more complex here, actually -- processing @ri, checking for @preferred among identical values for @ri, and falling back on @preferred alone only if no @ris are present -- right?).

[bansp]

Eliza says that a is probably not used at all.
Piotr will implement this for this milestone, but not before Eliza has a while to look at this ticket and comment.

[margaretha]

<a> is actually used to specify references to CLARIN centre pages. I agree we should change the element name. Maybe <link> like respStmt?

@ri attribute is rather ambiguous because we also have <ri> element in <nodeInfo>. Maybe @restricted ? It is also more understandable than acronyms.

[bansp]

In the suggestion, @ri is meant to hold a restricted list of RIs, and was intentionally named the same as <ri>. I'll have to look at it again anyway, now, because it's not super-clear to myself anymore, either...

[bansp]

OK, so the first step could be for me to change name to centreName -- as long as Eliza gives me green light for that.
In the same step, I would equip centreName with optional attributes @preferred (boolean) and @ri (a list).
And at this point, we could just see and discuss if we want to use that or have something else there. Is that more or less OK?

[bansp]

Just a remark for now: if we end up using <link> then something clever has to be done about the current annotation of <link>, which is RespStmt-specific. It is also not anyURI, which probably begs for a separate ticket...
We currently have three pointing elements in this schema: a, url, and link. Sigh.

[bansp]

Interim update (no, we're not done yet, it seems):

    <xs:element name="centre">
        <xs:complexType mixed="false">
            <xs:sequence>
                <xs:element name="name" type="xs:string">
                    <xs:annotation>
                        <xs:documentation>the full name of the centre</xs:documentation>
                    </xs:annotation>
                </xs:element>
                <xs:element ref="registryLink" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                <xs:element ref="nodeInfo"/>
            </xs:sequence>
            <xs:attribute name="id" type="xs:string" use="required">
                <xs:annotation>
                    <xs:documentation xml:lang="en">'shorthand' for the centre that acts as its ID</xs:documentation>
                </xs:annotation>
            </xs:attribute>
            <xs:attribute name="deposition" type="xs:boolean" use="optional" default="false"/>
        </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>

So, name is still not centreName, and it has no attributes.
I will not change that right now in formats, because I want formats to be instantly mergeable for Eliza tomorrow.

So we need to coordinate on this change, and maybe actually postpone it till post-CAC -- we should restrict ourselves to fixes and cosmetics, for the time being. BUT let me add Eliza to the assignees, and let me drop the priority label.

[bansp]

Meeting decision: keep it in this milestone and try to handle it before the release. Piotr will prioritize it for himself.