> "So if we are serious about making namespaces work we need to start u=
sing
> the same strings to refer to the same namespace. I agree that that me=
ans
> that DTD owners/maintainers need to be involved. Since most of the co=
mmon
> DTDs are within the remit of the W3C, they should be thinking of how =
to
> identify them in namespaces. If they want to use FPIs, fine. But they=
> should make it clear which the FPIs *are* and use them consistently. =
If
> they want to use URLs instead - fine. But they shouldn't encourage th=
e use
> of both simultaneously."
Most of the common DTDs are not 'within the remit of the W3C'. In fact,=
only
two that I can discern (HTML 3.2 and HTML 4.0) are. There are hundreds =
of
popular DTDs out there that are in use in academia, industry and govern=
ment,
plus those defined by other standards bodies. Many have identifying FPI=
s.
Check Robin Cover's SGML/XML Web pages for more details.
http://www.sil.org/sgml/xml.html
> Ok, so I'm searching the 300,000 acronyms in my head and FPI is not p=
opping up
> :-) Did I miss class that day? What does FPI stand for?
Formal Public Identifier. When I was still at Spyglass I wrote up a set=
of
SGML/HTML/etc. documentation that included info on FPIs. The "Spyglass
- Cambridge Research Center Technical Reference" is still there at
http://www.cm.spyglass.com/doc/
with the 'FPI RoadTrip' at
http://www.cm.spyglass.com/doc/fpi.html
I no longer have any connection with Spyglass, so any out of date links=
, etc.
please forward to them, not me.
Murray
[BTW, Dean, could you forward this to the XML-DEV list? Nobody at Sun c=
an
apparently post to the list due to some weirdness. Thanks.]
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Dean Roddey
Software Weenie
IBM Center for Java Technology - Silicon Valley
roddey@us.ibm.com
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