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> Von: Simon St.Laurent [mailto:simonstl@s...] > Gesendet: Sonntag, 22. Oktober 2000 16:22 > An: Henry S. Thompson > Cc: XML Developers List > Betreff: Re: Schema at XML namespace URI to change > > > At 03:12 PM 10/22/00 +0100, Henry S. Thompson wrote: > ><snip/> > > > >> It also appears to establish 'facts on the ground' regarding the use > >> of namespaces without the need for a formal W3C process. > > > >My announcement doesn't signal the establishment of any new 'facts on > >the ground' in the area of what's at namespace URIs. There has been an > >XML Schema document at http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace.xsd for > >over a year now. Furthermore, as I said in my message, this change > >came about _according_ to a formal W3C process, namely an XML Schema > >Working Group vote. > > 1. Those documents were placed there initially without a formal vote, > according to earlier discussions on this list. While the formal vote you > refer to may effectively ratify such actions, it doesn't appear to address > the general question of whether this approach is appropriate in general. > > 2. It's not clear (to me at least) that establishing the 'meaning' of XML > Namespace URIs is a job that should be mixed with the creation of the XML > Schemas vocabulary. By formal W3C process, I meant establishing a WG that > would create a document addressing these issues in general. > > While some people do appear to believe that namespaces work in a > particular > way, I haven't seen any good attempts at justifying that approach. > Attempts (by Dan Connolly et al) on xml-uri all seem to fade > quickly in the > face of strong opposition. > > I'd suggest that namespaces are important enough that this is worth > resolving in a stronger way than the placement of schemas at > W3C-controlled > URIs using an ad hoc convention. We've also heard from Dan: <quote from="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-uri/2000Jun/0430.html"> > Sure, but I would argue that http://www.w3.org is not necessarily the right > place to do experiments like that. If it can't be avoided, I would still > prefer that the schema document returned actually comes with a statement > that this is just experimental usage of namespaces / schema. Fair enough. </quote> However, this practice seems to continue... Julian
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