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

[Pieter Neerincx]

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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