Re: XSchema Spec, Section 3, Draft 1 (Namespaces)

james anderson (James.Anderson@mecomnet.de)
Wed, 01 Jul 1998 17:38:54 +0200


you are suggesting a problem where there is none.
leave the prefix <-> namespace-region mechanism alone. it's not bothering you.

unless the purpose is to document the prefix, then the schema encoding should
take the form

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml:namespace ns="http://www.purl.org/NET/XSchema/v1" prefix="XSC"?>
<?xml:namespace ns="http://simonstl.com/" prefix="NewSpace"?>
<XSC:XSchema>
<XSC:Namespace ns="http://simonstl.com/">
<XSC:Doc>The namespace (region) above is a total waste of time</XSC:Doc>
</XSC:Namespace>
<XSC:ElementDecl name="NewSpace:WasteOSpace">
<XSC:Empty/>
</XSC:ElementDecl>
</XSC:XSchema>

otherwise, you're encoding things which you do not mean.

Simon St.Laurent wrote:
>
> For instance, an XSchema in the current version will begin:
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <?xml:namespace ns="http://www.purl.org/NET/XSchema/v1" prefix="XSC"?>
> <XSC:XSchema>
> <XSC:Namespace ns="http://simonstl.com/" prefix="NewSpace">
> <XSC:Doc>The namespace above is a total waste of time</XSC:Doc>
> </XSC:Namespace>
> <XSC:ElementDecl name="NewSpace:WasteOSpace">
> <XSC:Empty/>
> </XSC:ElementDecl>
> </XSC:XSchema>
>
> The exciting document might look like:
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <?PI to be determined linking in XSchema?>
> <?xml:namespace ns="http://simonstl.com" prefix="SillySpace"?>
> <SillySpace:WasteOSpace/>
>
> ...