{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/votinginfoproject/vip-specification/issues/34","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/votinginfoproject/vip-specification/issues/34/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/votinginfoproject/vip-specification/issues/34/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/votinginfoproject/vip-specification/issues/34/events","html_url":"https://github.com/votinginfoproject/vip-specification/pull/34","id":60137753,"number":34,"title":"Proposal on how to handle external identifiers","user":{"login":"jdmgoogle","id":10949127,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10949127?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle","html_url":"https://github.com/jdmgoogle","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-03-06T18:12:46Z","updated_at":"2015-03-06T19:38:35Z","closed_at":null,"pull_request":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/votinginfoproject/vip-specification/pulls/34","html_url":"https://github.com/votinginfoproject/vip-specification/pull/34","diff_url":"https://github.com/votinginfoproject/vip-specification/pull/34.diff","patch_url":"https://github.com/votinginfoproject/vip-specification/pull/34.patch"},"body":"In several instances we've struggled to figure out the proper identifier to use for objects such as localities, precincts, etc. Here's our proposal on how to handle this. In short, the IDs we use to link the XML entities together could be xs:integer or even xs:ID (for better convergence with 1622) and then we use repeated external_identifier fields to augment the data. In the comments in the new file I've provided an example of how this could be used to provide additional information for a county (my old home of Durham County, NC) and Senator Al Franken."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/votinginfoproject/vip-specification/issues/comments/77621763","html_url":"https://github.com/votinginfoproject/vip-specification/pull/34#issuecomment-77621763","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/votinginfoproject/vip-specification/issues/34","id":77621763,"user":{"login":"jungshadow","id":85972,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/85972?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jungshadow","html_url":"https://github.com/jungshadow","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jungshadow/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jungshadow/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jungshadow/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jungshadow/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jungshadow/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jungshadow/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jungshadow/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jungshadow/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jungshadow/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-03-06T19:38:35Z","updated_at":"2015-03-06T19:38:35Z","body":"@jdmgoogle @pstenbjorn I, too, like this, but, in taking the \"comment survey,\" it might be useful to make `external_identifier.type` an enumeration. I can see the downsides of maintaining a possibly ever-growing list, though (e.g. the example notes \"imdb\" as a potential source). I'm fine with this being decided by majority rule."}}