Re: namespace hiccup

Thank you Paul

pls say how did you process the file-
not sure how namespaces are handled (if I remember correctly there used to
be purl entires once upon a time, is there a purl entry for stratml)
This is for Owen to answer

p

On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 9:40 AM Paul Alagna <pjalagna@gmail.com> wrote:

> namespace hiccup
> Paul Alagna - 5/20/2020
>
> Guys,
>
> Found a hiccup in my processing of the StratML XSD.
> It has to do with namespaces in an XSD
>
> The intention of namespaces is to alert the user that the meaning, format
> or usage of this particular word is now under the control of another XSD
> (the namespace's XSD)
>
> Two things have to happen here.
>
> 1- in the schema statement the namespace name and namespace xsd need to be
> recorded EG xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" OR
> xmlns:Lib="https://www.Lib.org/2001/LibSchema" OR
> Xmlns:DCore="https://www.dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/simpledc20021212"
> (Except for "xml:" because there are ALWAYS exceptions).
>
> This value "https://www.Lib.org/2001/LibSchema" points to an XSD file   "
> https://www.Lib.org/2001/LibSchema.xsd"
> Please note that the final ".xsd" is by default unstated - because there
> are ALWAYS exceptions.
>
> 2- The usage of that name must include that namespace
> IE Lib:attribute="funnyYouShouldAsk" should trigger a translation into the
> "Lib" repository for "attribute"
>
> Well, the problem is that in StratML.xsd
> the schema definition does not point to an xsd file.
> xmlns:stratml="urn:ISO:std:iso:17469:tech:xsd:stratml_core" is NOT a file
> name.
>
> Therefore, the xmlns called "Stratml" doesn't point anywhere. so parsing
> "stratml:Name" has no referent.
>
> In your defense, you made the assumption that the "stratml" namespace was
> *this* namespace. So "stratml:Name" dips back in as name="Name"
> which might help human readers but that's not how AIKR capability machines
> read. Those buggers want rules to follow. And besides it's now a violation
> of XSD standards.
>
> I'm fully prepared to create repositories for each namespace and process
> "stratml:Name" against a "stratml" repository.
>
> Help
>
> Thanks
> PAUL ALAGNA
> PJAlagna@Gmail.com <PJAlagna@gmail.com>
> 732-322-5641
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