Re: deprecating xpointer

I think we should go with the second option in #1, so that the reader  
is at least aware of the situation.

regards, Frederick

Frederick Hirsch
Nokia


On Aug 7, 2007, at 10:05 AM, ext Thomas Roessler wrote:

>
> I think the two alternatives we are discussing are:
>
> 1. Keep the following phrase:
>
>> Support of the xpointer() scheme [XPointer-xpointer] beyond the
>> minimal usage discussed in this section is discouraged.
>
> Possibly with a change as suggested during the call:
>
>> [XPointer-xpointer] is in Working Draft status as of publication
>> of this edition of XML Signature.  Therefore, support of the
>> xpointer() scheme beyond the minimal usage discussed in this
>> section is discouraged.
>
> 2. Drop this section completely, since it is felt to unduly
> deprecate existing implementations.
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> Thomas Roessler, W3C  <tlr@w3.org>
>