Re: [XForms 1.1] i18n comment: IRIs for external schema locations possible? (PR#8)

Hello John,

Do you/the XForms WG have any test cases that include dereferencing
any of the anyURI-type fields mentioned below? I have a framework
that can easily generate tests using various non-ASCII characters,
so that we could test various implementations regarding whether
they support anyURIs (which are in essence IRIs).

Regards,    Martin.

At 01:55 07/09/27, John Boyer wrote:

>Hi Felix, 
>
>The Forms WG authorized the following response: 
>
>We now believe we understand what you have asked.  We agree that the XForms 1.1 last call specification contained language about the host language supplying the src attribute.  We also agree that the datatype of the resource attribute was missing from the overview table in [1] (the overview tables are where we normatively state the datatypes of attributes, such as those of the instance element in this case). 
>
>[1] <http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/specs/XForms1.1/index-diff.html#structure-abstract>http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/specs/XForms1.1/index-diff.html#structure-abstract 
>
>Both of these problems have been corrected in the normative text of XForms 1.1, which can be seen in the editor's draft at [1].  The src attribute is no longer regarded as being provided by the host language for the instance element [2], and both src and resource are defined to be of type xsd:anyURI [1]. 
>
>[2] <http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/specs/XForms1.1/index-diff.html#structure-model-instance>http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/specs/XForms1.1/index-diff.html#structure-model-instance 
>
>Also note that  XForms also uses xsd:anyURI (normatively) in a few other places, such as the action and resource attributes of submission and load elements, the schema attribute of model, and the resource-uri event context info properties of a number of events.  However, in all these other cases, the datatype was already identified (normatively) to be xsd:anyURI. 
>
>In all of these cases, xsd:anyURI is interpreted as meaning the anyURI datatype defined in XML Schema 1.0 Part 2 Second Edition [3] 
>
>[3] <http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/specs/XForms1.1/index-diff.html#intro-conventions>http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/specs/XForms1.1/index-diff.html#intro-conventions 
>
>Finally, note that [4] does still mention that a host language may decide to include a linking attribute on our elements, but we do not mention the content model for such attributes as those are under the host language control and not XForms. 
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>[4] <http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/specs/XForms1.1/index-diff.html#structure-attrs-link>http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/specs/XForms1.1/index-diff.html#structure-attrs-link 
>
>Due to the above, we believe that the concern you expressed about normatively referencing xsd:anyURI has now been satisfied for all attributes in the latest XForms 1.1 working draft. 
>
>John M. Boyer, Ph.D.
>STSM: Lotus Forms Architect and Researcher
>Chair, W3C Forms Working Group
>Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software
>IBM Victoria Software Lab
>E-Mail: boyerj@ca.ibm.com  
>
>Blog: <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/johnboyer>http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/JohnBoyer
>
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>
>
>Felix Sasaki <fsasaki@w3.org> 
>
>09/26/2007 12:36 AM 
>To
>John Boyer/CanWest/IBM@IBMCA 
>cc
>public-i18n-core@w3.org, www-forms-editor@w3.org, "Forms WG (new)" <public-forms@w3.org> 
>Subject
>Re: [XForms 1.1] i18n comment: IRIs for external schema locations    possible? (PR#8) 
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>
>Hi John again,
>
>we discussed the issue at our call yesterday, see 
><http://www.w3.org/2007/09/25-core-minutes#item09>http://www.w3.org/2007/09/25-core-minutes#item09 .
>
>We would like to make you aware of two aspects of the topic:
>
>First, IRIs are actually a subset of what XLink does (which is 
>referenced by XML Schema 1.0).
>
>Second: our real comment on your specification is not "reference IRI 
>instead of anyURI" ,but rather: it is not clear to us whether IRI or XML 
>Schema xsd:anyURI support is required normatively or depends on the host 
>language(s) of XForms 1..
>
>We would prefer that you mention IRI-flavored items explicitly in that 
>context, rather than changing the definition from anyURI to RFC 3987.
>
>Felix
>
>Felix Sasaki wrote:
>>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> John Boyer wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Felix,
>>>
>>> I would like to take this opportunity to provide a little context  
>>> for the response than that which appeared in the prior response.  I 
>>> would then like to see whether that context helps to make the 
>>> response more satisfactory for now.
>>>
>>> First, the spec that we normatively reference, XML Schema 1.0 Second 
>>> Edition, defines xs:anyURI datatype in terms of RFC 2396, RFC 2732, 
>>> and the algorithm in Section 5.4 of XLink [1].  It does not refer to 
>>> RFC 3987 at all, as this document came out after XML Schema 1.0 
>>> Second Edition.   
>>
>> that's exactly the point:  XML Schema 1.0 does not refer to RFC 3987, 
>> since RFC 3987 was too late. Nevertheless, the xs:anyURI data type was 
>> designed to be compatible with the upcoming IRI specification.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The working group decided to defer to a future version upgrading the 
>>> XML Schema engines required by XForms processors and design tools.
>> in my opinion, no upgrade of the XML Schema engines is necessary. The 
>> reason that XML Schema 1.0 does not cite the IRI spec, is due to 
>> timing (which you described above), not due to technical issues.
>>
>>>
>>> And the more important fact, which responds to your response, is that 
>>> the working group decided that upgrading to XPath 2.0 is a future 
>>> feature scheduled for XForms 2.0, so the citation you gave of XPath 
>>> 2.0 amounts to another pointer to a feature that is not within the 
>>> scope of XForms 1.1. 
>>
>> I hope that my explanation above makes clear that a reference to IRI 
>> will not require an implementation change for XML Schema engines 
>> required by XForms processors.
>>
>>>  In other words, all of this functionality is amounting to requests 
>>> for features that are not in the XForms 1.1 requirements 
>>> (<http://www.w3.org/TR/xforms-11-req/>http://www.w3.org/TR/xforms-11-req/).
>>
>> Me / the i18n core Working Group don't have a new feature request, but 
>> a request for clarification in existing features. My reference to 
>> XPath 2.0 also was a reference to a clarifying note in that 
>> specification, and not a request to implement features unique to it.
>>
>>>
>>> So, our response was not rejecting the request, but rather committing 
>>> to adding this issue into the requirements stream of the appropriate 
>>> version of XForms containing numerous requirements related to this 
>>> request,
>>>
>>> Could you let us know if this information makes it possible to accept 
>>> the resolution (understood grudgingly) with the understanding that it 
>>> is on the agenda for our future.
>>
>> I'm sorry, but personally I'm not yet convinced. Other participants 
>> from the i18n core WG might provide input on this thread, and we will 
>> come back with a Working Group reply after our next call this week 
>> (Tuesday).
>>
>> Felix
>>
>>
>
>


#-#-#  Martin J. Du"rst, Assoc. Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University
#-#-#  http://www.sw.it.aoyama.ac.jp       mailto:duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp

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