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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>&#8220;</span><span style='color:blue'>the default value for the
category parameter needs to be a neutral value&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Why? You need a neutral value when
you don&#8217;t know what value to use. This is not the case.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'>&#8220;How many functions should be
part of the mapping structure? There are lots of them in &#8211; for example
&#8211; Oracle.&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>This argument works in my favour,
I&#8217;m afraid </span><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>J</span><span
style='color:black'> Why each and every provider should explicitly do a mapping
since Max() goes to Math in 100% of the cases?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'>Dan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
fdo-internals-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:fdo-internals-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Thomas
Knoell<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> FDO Internals Mail List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [fdo-internals] RE: RFC Reminder<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'>Hi Dan<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'>Since the proposal is to enhance
the create-methods, the default value for the category parameter needs to be a
neutral value like &nbsp;FdoFunctionCategoryType_Unspecified to be backwards
compatible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'>I don&#8217;t agree that FDO should
have a function-to-category mapping. How many functions should be part of the
mapping structure? There are lots of them in &#8211; for example &#8211;
Oracle. Should they all be known to FDO and mapped to a category? It is the
provider that sets the list of supported expression functions together with the
supported signatures and at that time the category may be set as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'>&nbsp; Thomas<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
fdo-internals-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:fdo-internals-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dan Stoica<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> FDO Internals Mail List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [fdo-internals] RE: RFC Reminder<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Also, the default value for the category is </span><span
lang=EN style='color:black'>FdoFunctionCategoryType_Unspecified;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='color:#1F497D'>I think it will be way
better to use a hardcoded mapping <b>{function_name, function_category}</b> in
FDO. Example: &#8220;Max&#8221; will belong to &#8220;Math&#8221; etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Unless the caller decides to change it (in 0.01% of the cases)
the category input parameter is unused which makes life easier.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Dan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
fdo-internals-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:fdo-internals-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Haris
Kurtagic<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 31, 2007 5:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> FDO Internals Mail List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [fdo-internals] RE: RFC Reminder<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Would it make sense to expand further Geometry Category with :<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Spatial Aggregate Functions<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Coordinate System Transformations Functions<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Geocoding Functions<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span
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color:#1F497D'>Geometry Functions<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>... ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>This is sample how Oracle Spatial divides Geometry Functions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Haris<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
fdo-internals-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:fdo-internals-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Thomas
Knoell<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 31, 2007 11:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> FDO Internals Mail List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [fdo-internals] RE: RFC Reminder<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'>Thanks to everyone who provided
comments on this RFC posting. Based on the comments the RFC has been updated.
Please review the new version of the RFC and comment on it if required by end of
the day tomorrow (August 1<sup>st</sup>). If no changes are required, I intent
to motion that a vote for the acceptance of the RFC is made and subsequently
voted on by the PSC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'>&nbsp; Thomas<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:blue'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Thomas Knoell <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 27, 2007 11:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> FDO Internals Mail List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RFC Reminder<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Hi everyone<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>As indicated in an e-mail dated July 17<sup>th</sup>, FDO
RFC 5 (<a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/fdo/wiki/FDORfc5">http://trac.osgeo.org/fdo/wiki/FDORfc5</a>)
had been posted and is ready for review. Please complete the review of the RFC
and comment on it by end-of-day Tuesday, July 31<sup>st</sup>. If no changes
are required, it is my intent to motion that a vote for the acceptance of RFC5
be made and subsequently voted on by the PSC. <o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp; Thomas<o:p></o:p></p>

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