[Os-project-managers] Is this legal OSoL?

[Kipp Martin]

Hi Gus:
> 
> I have a quick question about the OSoL. Is the following a legal entry?
> 
> 		<contact transportType="ftp"></contact>
> 
> I understand that this element does not make a lot of sense, but  
> should I throw an error if the contact information is missing? Should  
> there be something in the schema that says the element content must be  
> a string of length at least 1?
> 
> Please advise.
> 

My vote would be to throw an error. Clearly the user made an error and I 
think it is good to throw an exception at this point rather than trying 
to contact a server that does not exist.

Cheers


PS -- I know there is an earlier email I still to respond to. I am 
getting absolutely killed by email to day.



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