- From: Ray Denenberg <rden@loc.gov>
- Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 14:33:08 -0500
- To: ZIG <www-zig@w3.org>
Matthew Dovey wrote: > A few others have expressed the same view - the record format requested > should be XML, and another (unspecificed) method should be used to request a > specific DTD (or XSD). We had a discussion of this on the Bath list in January and concluded (I think) that DTDs and schemas (XML schemas, that is) should be registered as Z39.50 schemas (thus from a Z39.50 view there is no difference between an xml dtd and and an xml schema; they are both Z39.50 schemas). When transmitting XML, "xml" would always be the record syntax (no need for the dtd/schema to be protocol-visible on retrieval). When requesting records to be retrieved in xml in a specific dtd/schema, specify xml as the requested record syntax and specify the dtd or schema as a Z39.50 schema. > Could eSpec be used for this? eSpec, or element set names could be defined for specific dtds/schemas. I had intended to write this up as an implementor agreement or commentary, but hadn't gotten to it. I'll do it before the next meeting. --Ray -- Ray Denenberg Library of Congress rden@loc.gov 202-707-5795
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