Namespaces 1.1: should example namespace IRIs have a # appended?

Given the current TAG discussion on TBL's suggestion, that URI references that
represent abstract ideas should have the form of a URI with a single # appended
so that they can be identified as not referring to concrete representations, I
would like to suggest that the XML Core WG liaise with TAG to resolve this, and
update the namespace IRI reference examples to match.  If TBL's suggestion is
accepted, I assume it would required nothing more than appending a # to each
example IRI reference in Namespaces 1.1.

It would send a strong and visible signal that people should think about the
types of IRI references that they use for namespaces (since it would almost
certainly get coverage in the technical press).  I assume the WG doesn't want
Namespaces 1.1 to contain a discussion of could/should/might happen if you
dereference a namespace IRI reference that is an IRI, so adding # to the example
references would be a cheap way of making people think a bit more about what
namespace IRI references really mean.  This is all predicated on the acceptance
of TBL's suggestion, but I do think it would be valuable if this could make it
into Namespaces 1.1, since it could be a *long* wait for version 1.2.

	Cheers,
		Tony.
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Anthony B. Coates, Information & Software Architect
mailto:abcoates@TheOffice.net
MDDL Editor (Market Data Definition Language)
http://www.mddl.org/

Received on Friday, 6 September 2002 07:19:49 UTC