Harmonization of data types

[ohernan]

Data stored and used in the platform can be of different types, e.g., integer, boolean, date, etc.

Currently, there are 3 different data type policies:

• The risk analysis engine handles Integer, Real, Evidence and Distribution
• The risk data collectors handle Number, Evidence and Distribution
• The UI/Contextual information page handles Integer, Boolean, Date and List

[ohernan]

The UI only handle with one kind of information: numbers. The distiction is only done to show the information nicely:

• boolean (0,1): the UI shows a checkbox
• date (1 number representing the date), then the date is shown as a date undestood by humans (XX/XX/XXX hh:MM:SS or something like that) not a date as is understood by computers (1 number)
• lists: they should be storing a number (now is not propertly working), when a list element is created, the element contains a numeric id (real) and a label, the platform should show the label, and work wiht the numeric ID

[ohernan]

Milestone removed