Explanation of tag types

[mmcgrath]

All
I've had a couple of queries recently asking about the meaning of the tag types - I will prepare a modification that adds annotations explaining what the short codes mean.

Michael.

[aeischeid]

Animal name as a tagType seemed odd to me. What about including it as an optional attribute of the animal.

[mkm1879]

"tag"Type always bothered me because we are really saying "identifier"Type. This would include microchips, tattoos where allowed, and registered names such as thoroughbreds. It is kind of hard to make a cohesive concept domain because we are talking about both the identifier and the object that carries that identifier. So tagType stuck.

[aeischeid]

Yes, tagType is a little odd, we use idTypes as a more generic, but the name of the label wasn't really where it felt weird. I guess that these idTypes/tagTypes feel more formal, and probably more often than not animals entered in GVL have a informal name that they are referred to by. A horse name or pet name, not a registered name. In our system Groups/Lots also have a 'name' like 'lot#140' for example and that seemed like it fit in description okay, but for an animal including the name as a tag type seemed like less of a good fit.