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If two organizations have the same namespace identifier, but they are so far removed from each other (in terms of their industry, chance of interaction, etc.) then this shouldn't be a problem because such collisions *should* not occur, and the means taken to alleviate the possibility may be more costly than if such collisions did occur. On the other hand, if there are (for example) two different agencies in the U.S. federal government that happen to use the same namespace identifier, there is a good chance that such a collision would occur in data exchanges - therefore, the means taken to alleviate the possibility may be justified. Kind Regards, Joe Chiusano Booz | Allen | Hamilton Jeff Lowery wrote: > > > A namespace name is supposed to be globally unique (at least > > if you use it > > in public documents). If you use a URI scheme without IETF > > registration, > > there's no guarantee whatsoever that the namespace name > > indeed *is* globally > > unique. > > > > Julian > > The same can be said of URLs, which are unregistered, and collisions could > foreseeably happen in domains that are very large. Should every domain > holder establish a local registry? > > Not to sound like a broken record, or anything... > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> begin:vcard n:Chiusano;Joseph tel;work:(703) 902-6923 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.bah.com org:Booz | Allen | Hamilton;IT Digital Strategies Team adr:;;8283 Greensboro Drive;McLean;VA;22012; version:2.1 email;internet:chiusano_joseph@b... title:Senior Consultant fn:Joseph M. Chiusano end:vcard
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