If we want to properly use a a value like "Microsoft", then adding
"osvendor" instead of "vendor" for that could be a first step.
If streamlining with OMA or similar standards is in the interest of
downstream projects, that would be the next step.
Either for a pending "1.0.1" update of the data artifacts in the near
future or for one beyond.

Werner

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:50 PM, eberhard speer jr. <[email protected]>
wrote:

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> About the 'default', to be clear :
>
> I am referring to any value that is empty, '-', 0 [meaning no value]
> and any property/value that represents a 'default' value.
> Not only the properties that are 'meaningless' like nokia_version for
> a desktop.
>
> Adding these generic 'defaults' may look impressive but the data is
> meaningless fluff.
> If the value for property xyz is not present, not known or is some
> known default [you can spot them], it should not be included in the
> response.
>
> That's an 'honest' response, in that the end-user now knows that any
> property not present can default to something meaningful in their
> current context, instead of having them 'run' with nonsense 'default'
> data.
>
> That's an honest and much shorter response : all signal.
>
> esjr
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