- From: Paul Grosso <pgrosso@arbortext.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 18:24:00 -0400
- To: "XML Core WG" <public-xml-core-wg@w3.org>
Richard, Henry, Are either of you still able to post to xml-dev, and would you? Henry, I think you were going to send something on to xml-schema-dev and chairs once you saw John's posting, so I guess you can take it from here. paul -----Original Message----- From: John Cowan [mailto:jcowan@reutershealth.com] Sent: Tuesday, 2004 September 07 16:49 To: Paul Grosso Cc: XML Core WG Subject: Failed xml-dev posting Paul Grosso scripsit: > ACTION to JohnC: Make an announcement to xml-dev that we plan > to make this change and request any feedback be sent to xml-editor. Apparently, I can't post to xml-dev any more, thus joining the crew of people that lists.xml.org doesn't like. Here's what I twice tried to post: The W3C's XML Core WG is considering a change to the XML Schema for the http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace namespace (i.e. the xml: namespace). The schema itself is available at http://www.w3.org/2001/xml.xsd . Currently, that schema says that the default value of xml:space is "preserve". This is inconsistent with the description of xml:space in Section 2.10 of the XML 1.0 and XML 1.1 Recommendations, which say: The root element of any document is considered to have signaled no intentions as regards application space handling, unless it provides a value for this attribute or the attribute is declared with a default value. In particular, XSLT behaves differently when xml:space is present in a document with the value "preserve" (either explicitly or by inheritance from a schema), and WXS-aware implementations of XSLT are now becoming available. Forcing xml:space to be in effect present with a value of "preserve", except where explicitly specified otherwise, would break existing expectations. Therefore, the XML Core WG would like to remove the default value of xml:space from the XML Schema. Please send comments to xml-editor@w3.org, which is copied on this message. -- "Your worships will perhaps be thinking John Cowan that it is an easy thing to blow up a dog? http:/www.reutershealth.com [Or] to write a book?" http://www.ccil.org/~cowan --Don Quixote, Introduction jcowan@reutershealth.com
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