Re: Proper home namespace/resource for built-in datatypes

Uh...I'm not sure it's quite that simple.  If we are going to encourge 
coders of schema instance documents to use:

        <el xmlns:dt="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema-datatypes"  xsi:type="dt:integer"/>

as opposed to:

        <el xsi:type="xsd:integer"/>

then we have to be very careful about the semantic implications.  Did we 
finally manage to make these two "integer" types identical in the sense 
that they would be the same in the augmented infoset?  If not, then your 
suggestion leads users into big problems.  I do not typically want my 
infosets labeled with two subtly different sorts of integers.

Last I heard in New Orleans, we did not have this level of identity.  If 
that is the case, then I think http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema-datatypes is appropriate for use specifically in languages which will not interact with our schemas.  We have been quite clear that the typical 
(though not required) idiom in a schema is:

        <xsd:element name="el" type="xsd:integer"/>

This suggests to me that the intended instance is the 2nd one above.  That 
said, I have reservations about combining dt: and xsi:;  the types can be 
used in many situations in which xsi: itself would be inappropriate.

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ht@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson)
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        To:     "Curt Arnold" <carnold@houston.rr.com>
        cc:     <www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org>, (bcc: Noah Mendelsohn/CAM/Lotus)
        Subject:        Re: Proper home namespace/resource for built-in datatypes

There is already a namespace and a schema for precisely what you have
in mind, namely http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema-datatypes

ht
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