Re: [Bug 5476] xsi:schemaLocation should be a hint, should be MAY not SHOULD

On 13 Feb 2008, at 02:20 , bugzilla@wiggum.w3.org wrote:

> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=5476
>
> ------- Comment #1 from mike@saxonica.com  2008-02-13 09:20 -------
> I hate the word "hint" with its connotation of "do whatever you  
> feel like".
>
> I would prefer this to read:
>
> If directed to do so, for example by the invoking
>     application or by command line option, processors should
>     attempt to dereference each schema document location URI
>     in the ·actual value· of such xsi:schemaLocation and
>     xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation [attributes]
>
> It's not really a substantive change because choice of defaults is  
> up to the
> API designer, but it sets expectations differently.

This works for me; nicely phrased.

Michael

Received on Wednesday, 13 February 2008 13:31:22 UTC