- From: <david.k.vun.kannon@us.pwc.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 10:33:32 -0400
- To: www-xml-linking-comments@w3.org
- Cc: "Walter Hamscher" <walter@hamscher.com>, hughwallis@XBRL.ORG
- Message-ID: <OFDEA4FE95.D11BA41E-ON85257148.004B9D7C-85257148.004FF99A@pwc.com>
Hi, The non-normative XML Schema for XLink 1.1 mistakenly uses NMTOKEN as the restriction base for the types for the traversal attributes label, from, and to. These should be based on NCNAME, as stated in the text of the specification, section 5.7 (http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/CR-xlink11-20060328/#traversal-atts). If you refer back to the XBRL schemas that were provided earlier in the 1.1 process, you can confirm that they use NCNAME, not NMTOKEN. Speaking as a private individual (not for the XBRL consortium or my company) I believe that XBRL is the largest use of XLink in the world. The chief avenues of extensibility provided by XBRL are new schemas, new XLink roles and arc roles, and new XLink linkbases. The XBRL consortium of more than 400 organizations worldwide has recently opened a Link Role Registry to support reuse and interoperability of roles and arc roles. It would be appropriate if the donation of the XML Schemas for XLink, which first appeared in XBRL 2.0 (2001) was noted in the 1.1 document. Best regards, David vun Kannon Editor, eXtensible Business Reporting Language 1.0, 2.0, 2.1 past Chair, XBRL Specification Working Group _________________________________________________________________ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is a Delaware limited liability partnership.
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