data element or simply data?

While reviewing the Spec, Lorrie noted:

in the table with the anchor #plain_trans 
> CATEGORIES optional -- the wording here is stated as "the data
> element" but I think "this data" would make more sense... I wasn't
> involved in this discussion

Original is:
CATEGORIES | optional (attribute of data elements) | 
if no: the data element is required [append to data element or category] 
if yes: the data element is optional [append to data element or 
category] 

(last line in the table)

Rigo

Received on Thursday, 10 June 2004 12:00:20 UTC