Re: deprecating xpointer

On 2007-08-14 16:37:13 +0200, Konrad Lanz wrote:

> How about:
> 
> """
> [XPointer-xpointer] is in Working Draft status as of publication
> of this edition of XML Signature.  Therefore, the use of the
> optional xpointer() scheme beyond the minimal usage discussed in this
> section is discouraged for new systems and applications creating XML
> signatures.
> """
> 
> This will discourage new signatures being created using the xpointer
> scheme, however not deprecate to optionally verify existing signatures
> that have been created since 2002.

My concern is that this language risks confusing readers more than
needs to be: It all sounds as if xpointer() had been perfectly fine
in the past, which is actually not the case.

How about this?

	The original edition of this specification [XMLDSIG-2002]
	referenced the XPointer Candidate Recommendation
	[XPTR-2001].  That Candidate Recommendation has been
	superseded by the [xptr-fwk], [xptr-xmlns] and
	[xptr-element] Recommendations, and -- at the time of this
	edition -- the [xptr-xpointer] Working Draft.  Therefore,
	support of the xpointer() scheme beyond the minimal usage
	discussed of this section is discouraged.

Cheers,
-- 
Thomas Roessler, W3C  <tlr@w3.org>