Fields and RecordRefs

Note that some record attributes are specified as Fields while others are specified as RecordRefs. In some cases attributes are actually RecordRefs in the schema, but we indicate them as Fields. Our experience has shown this works as long as the attribute is only read from and is not written to. Writing a value for an attribute that has been wrongly specified will result in an error. Be careful when initializing objects from other objects -- they may carry attributes that write to the new object.

As we build up this gem we will replace these inconsistent Fields with RecordRefs. Feel free to contribute new Record definitions to help us along.