Re: Database example; was: Why are relative NS identifiers used?

• From: Rick JELLIFFE <ricko@geotempo.com>
• Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 03:46:47 +0800
• To: xml-uri@w3.org
• Message-ID: <39298EA7.ADB35CAA@geotempo.com>

Tim Berners-Lee wrote:
 
> From: Rick JELLIFFE <ricko@geotempo.com>
 
> >Relative NS identifiers are used, apparantly, to locate schemas.
> 
> I would still say that they idntify the namespace.  If on dereferencing
> them you get a schema then that is the sort of information which the
> namespace publisher deemed appropriate to give the inquierer
> about the namespace.

Does Microsoft use them for any other purpose than locating a schema?

Rick Jelliffe

Received on Monday, 22 May 2000 15:38:24 UTC