[Bug 6859] New: Clarify status of normative references

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=6859

           Summary: Clarify status of normative references
           Product: XML Schema
           Version: 1.0 only
          Platform: PC
               URL: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-
                    wg/2009Apr/0024.html
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Datatypes: XSD Part 2
        AssignedTo: David_E3@VERIFONE.com
        ReportedBy: ht@inf.ed.ac.uk
         QAContact: www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org
                CC: cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com


The status quo admits of an interpretation forbidding implementations from
implementing new editions of normatively referenced specifications, e.g. XML
1.0 5e.  This is wrong, and we should fix it.  It matters to our colleagues in
ISO.

[Note: this bug filed against Datatypes, but it applies to Structures as well]


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Received on Friday, 1 May 2009 15:44:46 UTC