DAVIC GroupIdentifier

Andreas Kraft (kraft@fokus.gmd.de)
Fri, 7 Aug 1998 14:04:57 +0200 ((MEZ) - Mitteleurop. Sommerzeit)

Dear MUG members,

during the conversion of test cases for the MHEG-7 WD we (i.e. Kei Takikawa and
myself) had a small discussion concerning the use of the first shorthand
notation of the DAVIC GroupIdentifier. Maybe someone can help us here.

The question is whether it is allowed to use the shorthand notation
"~/startup" for the GroupIdentifier of an Application object. For example,
is the following object valid:

{:Application
( "~/startup" 0)
}

Kei thinks that this is valid because the scope of the application is valid
because it can be retrieved from the caller.
I think it is not because the Application object can not identify its scope
on its own.

What are your opinions?

Thanks in advance and best regards,

Andreas

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