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On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, David Megginson wrote: > Clark C. Evans writes: > > On 14 Dec 1999, David Megginson wrote: > > > > Why can't we have central registry of XML names? > > > > > > I don't think that the XML world needs its own Network Solutions. > > > Hmmm .. actually, maybe I could squat on element names like "task" and > > > "work-order" until GM pays me $2M for them. > > > > I think it can be done very effectively informally. The Oxford > > English Dictionary is not _the_ authoritative reference for > > english, but it is certainly one of the top ones... and other > > dictionaries will have a hard time if they are too "incompatible" > > Let's say that we have an element- and attribute-name registery > instead of Namespaces, and I register the element name "purchase"; > now, presumably, no one else can use that in a document type without > my authorization (since a registry is pointless otherwise). Definitions in the OED are not pointers to a company who has defined the word. The OED is valueable not beacuse it "defines" but more so beacuse the organization continually scans the language for new meanings and twists in usage; thus is is much more of a defacto than a dejure standard -- it changes by usage. What you assumed below is more of a dejure system where a given entity would "own" the name... > Personally, I'd rather see a world with > > {http://www.sun.com/ns/}purchase > {http://www.ibm.com/ns/}purchase > {http://www.amazon.com/ns/}purchase > This is flexible, but it could be tedious. I'd rather see an XML DTD which describes a particular usage; and then have a central repository for people to store their suggested usage of a particular name. >From a database like this, one could attempt to define "best practices" -- scanning what "other" purchases are out there; perhaps even using an existing definition rather than each company creating their own. A database of usage could also be used for independent groups to identify common patterns and submit more or less generic versions for a particular industry. It could also be used to generate mappings from one system to another, etc. I don't think anyone would be proposing this: > than a world with > > XML Name Registery Search results > --------------------------------- > > XML name: "purchase" > > Sorry, this element name has already been registered. > > Owner: Microsoft Ltd. > Technical contact: xmlnames@m... > Contact info: ... > However, if it was, the registry shoudl be a government function, and the names should be auctioned to the highest bidder.... *smirk* *evil grin* Clark xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; unsubscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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