- From: Axel Polleres <axel.polleres@deri.org>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:12:38 +0100
- To: Chris Welty <cawelty@gmail.com>
- CC: Jos de Bruijn <debruijn@inf.unibz.it>, Dave Reynolds <der@hplb.hpl.hp.com>, RIF WG <public-rif-wg@w3.org>
Chris Welty wrote: > > > Well, be that as it may, it seems "XSD" now stands for "XML Schema > Definition Language". Since it is still in our control, I suggest we > change all "xsd" to "xs", just to avoid potential new confusions. done for DTB. > http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema11-1/ > > -Chris > > Jos de Bruijn wrote: >> >> I just noticed that the XML schema datatypes specification documents >> are also inconsistent in their use of prefixes. >> >> So, nevermind. >> >> >> Best, Jos >> >> Jos de Bruijn wrote: >>> >>> I think it's best to follow the convention of the original (XML >>> schema) specification, because "xsd" might be a source of confusion >>> (especially since there is this deprecated namespace around). >>> I will not object to xsd, but xs seems to make most sense to me. >>> >>> Finally, BLD currently uses both in different places in the document; >>> I think just one of the two should be used. >>> >>> Best, Jos >>> >>> Dave Reynolds wrote: >>>> >>>> Jos de Bruijn wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I just noticed the following: >>>>> >>>>> The BLD, FLD and DTB documents use "xsd" as a shortcut for the XML >>>>> schema namespace. The documents should use "xs" instead. >>>>> >>>>> The xsd prefix is conventionally associated with the namespace >>>>> http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes#, which is deprecated. >>>>> The xs prefix is conventionally associated with the namespace >>>>> http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#, which is the one we use. >>>> >>>> I disagree, at least in RDF and OWL "xsd" is the conventional prefix >>>> used for "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#". I don't think it >>>> matters much either way and don't object to either but see no reason >>>> to change the current choice. >>>> >>>> Dave >>> >> > -- Dr. Axel Polleres, Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) email: axel.polleres@deri.org url: http://www.polleres.net/ Everything is possible: rdfs:subClassOf rdfs:subPropertyOf rdfs:Resource. rdfs:subClassOf rdfs:subPropertyOf rdfs:subPropertyOf. rdf:type rdfs:subPropertyOf rdfs:subClassOf. rdfs:subClassOf rdf:type owl:SymmetricProperty.
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