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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I just read the modifications</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">to the document</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I'm a bit concerned that the definition of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"> <FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">MediaUsed.MediaAccountingKey</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">("</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The locally unique accounting key for this specific media, for use when MediaUsed.MediaSizeName is not unique.") might not be sufficient to convey your requirement for this item. What is meant by an "accounting key"? Is that a generally well-defined term? I couldn’t find the definition anywhere in this document.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Based on the example provided for its use, there seems to be an implicit intent to have the value provide *two* critical pieces of information -- presumably in some human readable form that convey an association of two distinct things. In my reading,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">"</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The locally unique accounting key for this specific media, for use when MediaUsed.MediaSizeName is not unique." doesn’t suggest a need to identify two "things" -- or what those things are.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">But maybe everyone else understands the meaning of "accounting key" more clearly than I do?</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">lee</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:38 PM</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To: 'wims@pwg.org'</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Subject: WIMS> Revision to Counter Spec</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Jerry provided the MS Word version of the approved counter spec, and I made the changes that Ira and Pete had requested (taking a few liberties with the wording). A marked up doc file is at</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscount10-20070201.doc"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimscount10-20070201.doc</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(sorry, I am back in Boulder and do not have my PDF generator)</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The changes are to document page 8 (Datastream change) and to document pages 27 and 28 (MediaUsed.MediaAccountingKey addition)</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This working draft is submitted for working group review, with the objective of be able to submit it for a PWG review period including the February face to face. Please review and submit objections before the next WIMS/CIM meeting on 8 Feb.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thank you.</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Bill Wagner</FONT></SPAN>
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