- From: Stephan Zednik <zednis@rpi.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:54:10 -0700
- To: Luc Moreau <L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- Cc: public-prov-wg@w3.org
On Jan 29, 2013, at 11:11 PM, Luc Moreau <L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi Stephan > > thanks for the response, comment below. > > On 29/01/2013 17:10, Stephan Zednik wrote: >> Thanks for the response Luc, >> >> The question of whether we want the xml validator to check the validity of the prefix only really came to me when we were doing the analysis and should be discussed by the group. >> >> My opinion is that a well-formed identifier should be required for "scruffy" provenance; I would prefer to not have to fall back to a constraints implementation to test if an identifier value is well-formed. >> >> To me this means that an xml validation of the schema should check the well-formedness of the identifier because validated prov-xml should be considered valid "scruffy" provenance. I do not know if the group has formally made an decisions about the relationship between xml schema validated prov-xml and validated "scruffy" provenance. In the case of prefixed identifier values I think checking that the prefix is defined is integral to checking if the identifier is well-formed. I would like to hear the group's thoughts on this. >> > > I agree that at some point we want to check whether identifiers are valid. The question is when. > Is it at xml validation time? > > In prov-n, the parsing rules do not implement this check. It is left to "semantic processing" after parsing. > What does turtle do? Of course, prov-n and turtle are not xml. They may not give us guidance. All turtle parsers that I am familiar with check that all prefixes are defined. --Stephan > >> I would like to add to this week's agenda a quick discussion on whether the xml schema should check the well-formedness of the prov:id value and if testing the validity of a prefix is a requirement for checking the well-formedness of a prefixed identifier value. >> > > Yes, we can straw poll on Thursday. > > Luc >> --Stephan >> >> On Jan 29, 2013, at 7:06 AM, Luc Moreau<L.Moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote: >> >> >>> Hi Stephan, >>> >>> If we didn't require the xml validator to check a prefix is properly declared, then >>> we could define a grammar for qualified names. >>> But if we require the xml validator to check the validity of a prefix, then, I agree >>> with your analysis. >>> >>> Luc >>> >>> On 24/01/2013 18:43, Stephan Zednik wrote: >>> >>>> I have updated the wiki page on XML Identifiers >>>> >>>> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/wiki/Prov-XML_Identifiers >>>> >>>> with additional advantages and disadvantages on using QName and anyURI >>>> >>>> I have also added my personal opinion on the options in the Analysis section. >>>> >>>> --Stephan >>>> >>>> On Nov 20, 2012, at 1:28 PM, James Cheney<jcheney@inf.ed.ac.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> At the last face-to-face meeting I agreed to check with Henry Thompson about this. I thought there was a tracked action about this but there doesn't seem to be. In any case, I asked Henry and he said he'd try to look at it this week. >>>>> >>>>> --James >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 13, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Provenance Working Group Issue Tracker wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> PROV-ISSUE-553: QNames are too restrictive as identifiers [XML Serialization] >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.w3.org/2011/prov/track/issues/553 >>>>>> >>>>>> Raised by: Luc Moreau >>>>>> On product: XML Serialization >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> The current schema uses xsd:QName for identifiers. >>>>>> >>>>>> As a result, the following identifier is not allowed: >>>>>> >>>>>> <prov:activity prov:id="pc1:00000p1"> >>>>>> <prov:label>align_warp 1</prov:label> >>>>>> </prov:activity> >>>>>> >>>>>> An xml schema validator would complain with: >>>>>> >>>>>> 'pc1:00000p1' is not a valid value for 'QName' >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Solution: allow for prov:QualifiedName (as defined in prov-n). >>>>>> >>>>>> Luc >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in >>>>> Scotland, with registration number SC005336. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> Professor Luc Moreau >>> Electronics and Computer Science tel: +44 23 8059 4487 >>> University of Southampton fax: +44 23 8059 2865 >>> Southampton SO17 1BJ email: l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk >>> United Kingdom http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~lavm >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > Professor Luc Moreau > Electronics and Computer Science tel: +44 23 8059 4487 > University of Southampton fax: +44 23 8059 2865 > Southampton SO17 1BJ email: l.moreau@ecs.soton.ac.uk > United Kingdom http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~lavm > > > >
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