[MOBY-dev] Valid boolean values for primitives and secondary parmeters

[Paul Gordon]

I agree.  I think we had this conversation a couple of years ago!  Time 
to put it in the spec...
> Hi Mobifiers,
>
> Currently the BioMOBY specification does not explicitly list what  
> values can be used for boolean primaries and secondaries. However for  
> optimal interoperability services need to know what values they can  
> expect from a client or the other way around clients need to be able  
> to figure out what input a service needs. Hereby I propose we stick  
> to the XML Schema specification for valid boolean values.
>
>  From the XML Schema spec (http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#dt- 
> boolean):
> "An instance of a datatype that is defined as boolean can have the  
> following legal literals {true, false, 1, 0}."
>
> This would mean that clients are not allowed to send anything besides  
> {true, false, 1, 0} as booleans and services must understand {true,  
> false, 1, 0}. Hence frequently used booleans as T, F, t, f, True,  
> False or biology specific booleans like male, female, M, F, XX, XY,  
> etc. will be value non-grata in mobi-lingua.
>
> Any additional suggestions or objections?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pi
>
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