[Bug 5862] Please retain redefine as well as override

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=5862


David Ezell <David_E3@VERIFONE.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |David_E3@VERIFONE.com
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
           Keywords|                            |resolved
         Resolution|                            |WORKSFORME




--- Comment #1 from David Ezell <David_E3@VERIFONE.com>  2008-08-04 16:26:25 ---
On 2008-08-01 the WG reviewed the request from Mr. Coates and decided not to
take any action other than to close this item as "works for me".  Following is
the rationale for that decision.

Point 1 - the actual request for this bug entry is "please retain redefine as
well as override."  Since the WG is deprecating redefine but not removing it,
then strictly speaking the WG is retaining redefine.  It will be up to some
future working group at some future time to decide whether to eliminate
redefine in some future revision; in no way does the deprecated label force a
decision on such a future working group.  So from a very precise point of view,
the WG is already complying with the commenter's request -- hence the
WORKSFORME classification.

Point 2 - the WG has struggled with redefine and how it fits into schema
composition.  XML Schema 1.1 notably (at least at this point) does >not<
address composition - the story is the essentially the same as with 1.0. 
Designating redefine as "deprecated" is in part a signal that future work
should address composition and redefine in particular.  

Point 3 - the WG (as a group) was unwilling to extend the rec to include
xs:override without some compensating measure with regard to redefine.  Hence
the "deprecated" label.

The WG hopes that commenter can understand that this issue is a difficult one,
and that we believe that the status quo is the best possible outcome at this
time.


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