- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 22:57:01 -0500 (EST)
- To: ejw@cse.ucsc.edu (Jim Whitehead)
- Cc: w3c-dist-auth@w3.org, uri@w3.org
Hi Jim, > As a result, I recommend that the XML namespace recommendation be modified > to allow the use of just the URI scheme name as a namespace identifier, > perhaps limited to just members of the set of non-hierarchical URIs. It > seems clear to me that the XML namespace recommendation was written with > only the class of hierarchical URIs in mind, I can't see why you'd believe that. Namespaces are often URNs, for example. > and as a result it's not too > surprising that a glitch arose in the first use with non-hierarchical URIs. > Based on Julian's experience, and our experience with multiple WebDAV > implementations, accepting a URI scheme name as a namespace identifier would > codify existing, interoperable, practice. IMO, a URI scheme has identity, and so should be able to be identified by a URI reference. Perhaps a compromise here would be to treat "DAV:" as a relative URI reference. A 2518 revision could include the use of XML Base, or its own base-declaring mechanism, allowing future DAV specifications and processors to use URIs to evolve, while existing processors could be seen to be assuming a base URI. Thoughts? MB -- Mark Baker, CSO, Planetfred. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. mbaker@planetfred.com
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