Re: BLD, FLD and DTB: prefix for XML schema namespace

Well, be that as it may, it seems "XSD" now stands for "XML Schema Definition 
Language".  Since it is still in our control, I suggest we change all "xsd" to 
"xs", just to avoid potential new confusions.

http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema11-1/

-Chris

Jos de Bruijn wrote:
> 
> I just noticed that the XML schema datatypes specification documents are 
> also inconsistent in their use of prefixes.
> 
> So, nevermind.
> 
> 
> Best, Jos
> 
> Jos de Bruijn wrote:
>>
>> I think it's best to follow the convention of the original (XML 
>> schema) specification, because "xsd" might be a source of confusion 
>> (especially since there is this deprecated namespace around).
>> I will not object to xsd, but xs seems to make most sense to me.
>>
>> Finally, BLD currently uses both in different places in the document; 
>> I think just one of the two should be used.
>>
>> Best, Jos
>>
>> Dave Reynolds wrote:
>>>
>>> Jos de Bruijn wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I just noticed the following:
>>>>
>>>> The BLD, FLD and DTB documents use "xsd" as a shortcut for the XML 
>>>> schema namespace. The documents should use "xs" instead.
>>>>
>>>> The xsd prefix is conventionally associated with the namespace 
>>>> http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes#, which is deprecated.
>>>> The xs prefix is conventionally associated with the namespace 
>>>> http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#, which is the one we use.
>>>
>>> I disagree, at least in RDF and OWL "xsd" is the conventional prefix 
>>> used for "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#". I don't think it 
>>> matters much either way and don't object to either but see no reason 
>>> to change the current choice.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>
> 

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