Paul Reeve

Thank you for stopping me being a twit. I did search the package and documentation for ISORequest, not expecting a pesky abbreviation. On Wed, 5 May 2021, 15:13 Timo Lappalainen,...

Understand that. Also not easy in a non native tongue. Thank you for your support I'm getting to grips with it ... I think. Just about to test some group...

I understand your argument completely (and gosh, yes, if we had only known then what we know now!) and broadly agree with how it relates to N2kMessages, but I disagree...

I long ago stopped worrying about the length of names of things: I'd rather wear out my fingers (maybe even not with autocomplete) than discover tN2kWaterMakerExhaust exists and if only...

In some ways #600 may relate to this. It seems to me that we need to be clear about what classification principle is at play - are we structuring things...

"precipitation" (rather than rain)? Then specify type of precipitation as a property. Maybe also have "obscuration" and a type to indicate the type of obscuration (reduced visibilty)?

Straw man for enumeration values: precipitation: drizzle, rain, snow, hail (maybe also ice-pellets and ice-crystals)... obscuration: fog, mist, haze, ash, dust, smoke, sand, spray... obscuration maybe needs a description property...

I guess a windlass is a type of (horizontal) winch and a capstan is a type of (verical) winch. If it weren't for N2Ks use of the term windlass for...

Some ideas for winch properties: ``` currentState: enum( 0 | 1 | 2 ) - meaning ( "Stopped", "Retrieving", "Deploying" ), required currentSpeed: natural - winch operating speed (if known)...

Ok. So we don't get our heads at odds around sketching out and drafting, I've expressed the ideas above in what might be something near spec style. See attached. I...