RDM: PublicSafety - Migrate ModuleClass, Device, etc to TS-0023
TS-0037 specifies a new vertical domain Public Safety based on the principles, definitions etc. of TS-0023. Since TS-0023 is already the home for various vertical domains, I think we should not copy/paste most of text from TS-0023 to this new specification but move the definittions to separate clauses in TS-0023. If TS-0037 is important as a stand-alone document then only the important principles should be defined there.
The reason for this is that we see already in other documents (ie TS-0022 and TS-0032) that changes in the base documents (TS-0001 and TS-0004) are not copied or applied to those documents. The work to later maintain those changes across various documents is very time consuming. In the end, this will lead to inconstencies.
Proposal
Move the following clauses from TS-0037 to TS-0023
TS-0037 | TS-0023 |
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5.3 | New 5.3.9 Public Safety Domain |
5.4 | New 5.5.9 Public Safety Domain |
5.5 | Add to 5.6. |
6.1 | Already in 6.2 |
6.2 | Add to 6.3. Additionally, short names should be defined |
6.3 | Add to 6.4 |
6.4 | Add to 6.5 |
Identified Problems
In fact, two problems were already identified while working on the SDT definitions for TS-0037.
- TS-0037 defines the name space pws while TS-0023 defines the different name space psd (following the normal conventions).
- TS-0037 defines the enumerations in the pws name space while TS-0023 defines all enumerations in the common horizontal name space.