Re: [codelist] Fwd: [chairs] FW: New Specification Templates and Guidelines now Available

["Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress" <rden@loc.gov>]

Don't mean to spoil the fun but please put me down in the NO column.

I intensely dislike the use of http: URIs for xml namespace names - for that
matter, for  "pure" identifiers in general - identifiers who's sole purpose
is to allow two parties to  agree that they are talking about the same
thing.   And I reject the w3c dogma that all identifiers must resolve to
something, that there is no such thing as a "pure identifier".

XML namespace names should not be dereferenceable, and thus should not be
http:

In fact, we (Library of Congress) have applied for an 'info:' namespace, see
http://info-uri.info/registry/OAIHandler?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=oai_dc

for xml namespace names.  Pending approval of that you could coin a URI like
this, say, for the codelist schema:

                          'info:xmlns/oasis/codelist'

Simple as that.

You can see the list of pending 'info:' namespaces at :

http://alcme.oclc.org/wikid/CollectionInfoUriRegistry

and in particular the xmlns application at:

http://alcme.oclc.org/wikid/CollectionInfoUriRegistry:info:xmlns/

--Ray

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Rasmussen" <BRS@itst.dk>
To: <abcoates@mileywatts.com>; "G. Ken Holman"
<gkholman@cranesoftwrights.com>; "Code List Representation TC"
<codelist@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 12:41 PM
Subject: SV: [codelist] Fwd: [chairs] FW: New Specification Templates and
Guidelines now Available


> I would give a +1 to that as well.
>
> crossing my fingers that oasis acceptance means imminent Danish acceptance
of
> RDDL (by imminent I mean after months of meetings but nonetheless)
>
> Cheers,
> Bryan Rasmussen
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: Anthony B. Coates (Miley Watts) [mailto:abcoates@mileywatts.com]
> Sendt: 26. februar 2007 18:40
> Til: G. Ken Holman; Code List Representation TC
> Emne: Re: [codelist] Fwd: [chairs] FW: New Specification Templates and
> Guidelines now Available
>
>
> I'm quite happy for us to do that.  Cheers, Tony.
>
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:45:46 -0000, G. Ken Holman
> <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com> wrote:
>
> > Just a quick note regarding the new OASIS guidelines for documentation.
> >
> > Note that URN protocol strings are still allowed for namespace URI
> > strings, but with the adoption of RDDL attributes does it make sense for
> > us to move to an HTTP protocol string for the code list URI string so
> > that we have RDDL documentation at the URL of the URI?
> >
> > (try to say that three times fast!)
> >
> > . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken