Re: Results in the "xproc-step" namespace

+1 to this

JF

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> wrote:
> Toman_Vojtech@emc.com writes:
>> We have a number of custom XProc steps, some of which use c:result in
>> the output document. Now I am thinking that the
>> "http://www.w3.org/ns/xproc-step" namespace is maybe meant only to be
>> used with the standard steps, and not with custom steps. I am wondering
>> whether what we are doing right now is actually correct...
>
> I was thinking about this too, just yesterday, see pxp:unzip in:
>
>   http://exproc.org/proposed/steps/
>
>> So, say you are implementing a custom step that needs to return a URI
>> string (such as in the case of p:store), what is the best thing to do:
>>
>> 1. Use c:result as much as possible to promote consistency
>> 2. Don't use c:result at all (because it can be used only with standard
>> steps) and invent your own vocabulary
>> 3. It doesn't matter
>
> I think, on the whole, it will be easier for users if we say it's ok
> for extension steps to produce results in the "c:" namespace.
>
> The alternative just means that users have to declare yet another
> namespace and remember that some steps produce results in c: and
> others in d:
>
>> If any of the options is preferred over the others, do we need to say
>> anything about it in the spec?
>
> I suppose we could say something. What do others think?
>
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