Re: Multiple XML schema files for a common target namespace (PROV-ISSUE-608)

Hi Stian,

The PROV-XML group will look into a solution that follows this pattern.

--Stephan

On Dec 6, 2012, at 9:54 AM, Stian Soiland-Reyes <soiland-reyes@cs.manchester.ac.uk> wrote:

> I've added some code example of my proposed solution at
> 
>  http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/prov/file/6113b10ac714/xml/experimental/extensions
> 
> See description of this folder here:
> 
> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/wiki/ProvXMLNamespaces#Experimental_example
> 
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Stian Soiland-Reyes
> <soiland-reyes@cs.manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
>> I've tested and found it to be easy to do several schemas in the same
>> namespace as long as they just <xsi:include> each-other.
>> 
>> 
>> So you can have an hierarchy of imports like:
>> 
>> prov.xsd
>>  -- imports core.xsd
>>  -- imports collection.xsd
>>  ---- imports core.xsd
>>  -- imports links.xsd
>>  ---- imports core.xsd
>> 
>> and so the top-level prov.xsd simply includes 2-3 <xsd:imports> of the
>> underlying components.
>> 
>> 
>> As far as I could figure it out, it means in the extensions the
>> easiest way to 'fit in' would be to use abstract elements and
>> substitution groups.
>> 
>> See   http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/wiki/ProvXMLNamespaces for a
>> discussion of the different alternatives.
>> 
>> I've also got some test-schemas with this working, but I have not
>> committed them yet as they are on a different machine.
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Stian Soiland-Reyes
>> <soiland-reyes@cs.manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> Tracker, this is PROV-ISSUE-608
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Stian Soiland-Reyes
>>> <soiland-reyes@cs.manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>> They are usually application/xml.
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Timothy Lebo <lebot@rpi.edu> wrote:
>>>>> prov-wg,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is there a mime type for xml schema?
>>>>> Or, should we just use "application/xml"?
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'd like to add it to http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/wiki/ProvNamespaceManagement#Intro
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Tim
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 29, 2012, at 12:58 PM, Graham Klyne <GK@ninebynine.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Following the teleconference, I did a little digging, and my understanding is that it *is* possible to have a schema for a common target namerspace build from a number of separate schema files:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/#compound-schema
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> By my reading, what you *cannot* do is have a single schema composed from multiple "sub-schema" defining terms in different target namespaces.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> #g
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Stian Soiland-Reyes, myGrid team
>>>> School of Computer Science
>>>> The University of Manchester
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Stian Soiland-Reyes, myGrid team
>>> School of Computer Science
>>> The University of Manchester
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Stian Soiland-Reyes, myGrid team
>> School of Computer Science
>> The University of Manchester
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Stian Soiland-Reyes, myGrid team
> School of Computer Science
> The University of Manchester
> 
> 

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