Usage
    item_chk_str(items, item)
 
    
    Arguments
- items
- the data.frame of the items 
- item
- the item to be tested 
 
    
    Value
    either TRUE or an error
     
    
    Details
    The function does not check the item vs the data model as it is used internally
during item creation or update (data model is not available in this context)
     
    
    Examples
    if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
item_chk_str(items, item)
} # }