[Bug 4316] Make sure namespace prefixes are used appropriately throughout structures

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=4316

           Summary: Make sure namespace prefixes are used appropriately
                    throughout structures
           Product: XML Schema
           Version: 1.1 only
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows 2000
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Structures: XSD Part 1
        AssignedTo: cmsmcq@w3.org
        ReportedBy: noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com
         QAContact: www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org


During the XML Schema teleconference of 9 February (draft minutes at [1]) a
decision was made to add to Schema Structures a table of associations between
namespace names used in the Recommendation and conventional prefixes such as
xsi:, xs:, etc.  We noted during our discussion that the resulting global
documentation of the associations might facilitate more widespread use of the
prefixes elsewhere in the Recommendation, perhaps allowing for removal of some
explicit references to the full namespace names.

I was given an action to open a bugzilla report for tracking this, and this
report is the result.   There seemed to be at least informal agreement among
those on the call that this issue is purely editorial, and thus needs no
attention at all until after last call.

(FWIW:  while preparing this note I did notice that the current structures
public WD already says:  The XML representation of schema components uses a
vocabulary identified by the namespace name http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema.
For brevity, the text and examples in this specification use the prefix xs: to
stand for this namespace; in practice, any prefix can be used.  So, it seems to
me that we've always been in a position to use the prefixes elsewhere in the
Rec, but in any case this report suggests that we take another pass to be sure
we're happy with how namespace references are set out.)

Noah

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2007Feb/0050.html

Received on Friday, 9 February 2007 20:07:32 UTC