- From: Simon St.Laurent <simonstl@simonstl.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 10:16:44 -0400
- To: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Cc: xml-dev@xml.org, xml-uri@w3.org
[again, apologies for the cross-post - trying to follow Dan...] At 02:52 AM 5/19/00 -0500, Dan Connolly wrote: >Simon St.Laurent wrote: >> No, actually, calling namespaces pointing at schemas a best practice is an >> invitation to mudslinging on XML-Dev. > >Er... I don't mean to sling any mud. I presumed I was invited to join >this discussion by Tim Bray when he cc:'d me on the message >that started this thread. I attempt to monitor xml-dev at least >occasionally, but I haven't read all of it, and I'd appreciate >a pointer to the earlier discussions you mention where best practices >for XML Namespaces were agreed. XML-Dev isn't a formal organization that 'agrees on best practices' in any kind of official way. However, I'll list some pointers that reflect this rough bloody consensus and then some pointers to the original XML-Dev discussions, insofar as I can find them. Reflections: http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/2000/05/0484.html - Megginson Namespace Myths Exploded - Ron Bourret (1 and 8 in particular) http://www.xml.com/pub/2000/03/08/namespaces/index.html XML Namespaces - James Clark (leaves more of an out for schemas) http://www.jclark.com/xml/xmlns.htm Discussions: Three namespaces for XHTML? (All over the map, but it's pretty clear where sides are drawn) September 1999 - http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Sep-1999/index.html http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Aug-1999/index.html#364 http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Sep-1999/index.html#77 http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Sep-1999/index.html#43 http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Sep-1999/index.html#34 http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Sep-1999/0896.html http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Sep-1999/index.html#73 June 1999 - Battles over the role of URIs (URLs in particular) in namespaces http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Jun-1999/index.html#0 Web architectures: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Jun-1999/index.html#34 "Namespaces are Dead" http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Jun-1999/index.html#227 URI/URL/IETF/W3C http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-May-1999/0820.html March 1999 - Namespaces and DTDs http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Mar-1999/index.html#173 Ambiguous re RDF Schemas http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Mar-1999/index.html#275 February 1999 - Layman on J Clark: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Feb-1999/0068.html Tim Bray on using namespaces in code: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Feb-1999/0189.html Throughout the month: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Feb-1999/index.html The classic 'Cheetos' post, though not quite relevant: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/xml-dev-Jan-1999/0311.html Okay, time for coffee. I'm fully aware that these may not be a unified coherent argument, but history is rarely unified or coherent. Simon St.Laurent XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed. Building XML Applications Inside XML DTDs: Scientific and Technical Cookies / Sharing Bandwidth http://www.simonstl.com
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