Issues with XML schemas in SPARQL Query Results XML Format Recommendation

Hi,

There are a couple of issues regarding XML Schemas in SPARQL Query Results XML Format Recommendation [1].

Firstly the method used to reference the XML Schema xsi:schemaLocation shown in the recommendation is incorrect.
Pairs of URIs must be used to relate a namespace to the schema location:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<sparql xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/sparql-results#"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.w3.org/2005/sparql-results# http://www.w3.org/2007/SPARQL/result.xsd">

  ...

</sparql>

Secondly the namespace defined in the recommendation (http://www.w3.org/2005/sparql-results#) is different from the one used in the various schemas (http://www.w3.org/2007/SPARQL/results#).
As a result, the SPARQL Results Document XML will never validate using the schemas.
The namespaces need to be aligned either by changing the recommendation (probably hard) or updating the schemas (probably easier).

[1] https://www.w3.org/TR/2013/REC-rdf-sparql-XMLres-20130321/#schemas

Regards,

John Walker
Principal Consultant & co-founder

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Received on Wednesday, 5 September 2018 13:03:45 UTC