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Subject: Re: [dita] We need a name space for DITA 1.2
Note that there *is* a namespace used by DITA, namely: http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/ Which is used for the @DITAArchVersion attribute. This was added in DITA 1.1 specifically to make all DITA documents unambiguously self-describing as DITA documents. Not sure this satisfies the OASIS namespace requirement since it doesn't apply to anything other than the DITAArchVersion attribute, but it is a namespace explicitly associated with the DITA standard and DITA documents. Cheers, E. On 5/20/10 1:44 PM, "Don Day" <donday@bga.com> wrote: > Paul, that sounds like eminently good reasoning, considering the history > invested in the current namespace. Kris, could you be sure Mary sees Paul's > comment when you reply? Thanks! > -- > Don Day > > > Grosso, Paul wrote: >> >> >> >> We have a namespace: >> xmlns:ditaarch="http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/" >> <http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/> >> >> >> >> Mary isn't (or shouldn't) be saying that we need to put all our elements into >> a namespace. I don't agree that, just because we have DTDs and XSDs, we need >> to have a namespace, but we do have a namespace name--except that our >> namespace doesn't follow the conventions she outlined. I'm not sure if the >> conventions she mentions came about after we came up with our namespace name >> or if we screwed up in coming up with a name in oasis-space without getting >> permission, but at this point it's too late to change (it's been like that >> since DITA 1.0 and lots of tools rely on it). >> >> >> >> So what we should probably do is put an appropriately modified version of >> http://docs.oasis-open.org/templates/namespace.html at >> http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/index.html (since that's what >> will get read when someone puts >> "http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/" >> <http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/> into their browser). >> >> >> >> Then for DITA 2.0 we can come up with more OASIS-compliant namespace names. >> >> >> >> paul >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Kristen James Eberlein [mailto:kris@eberleinconsulting.com] >> Sent: Thursday, 2010 May 20 12:50 >> To: Michael Priestley >> Cc: DITA TC >> Subject: Re: [dita] We need a name space for DITA 1.2 >> >> >> >> >> >> OK, I'll let Mary know. >> >> Best, >> >> Kris >> >> Kristen James Eberlein >> Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting >> Secretary, OASIS DITA Technical Committee >> Charter member, OASIS DITA Adoption Committee >> www.eberleinconsulting.com <http://www.eberleinconsulting.com/> >> +1 919 682-2290; keberlein (skype) >> >> On 5/20/2010 1:46 PM, Michael Priestley wrote: >> >> >> We explicitly decided to delay namespaces as an issue until 1.3. We'll >> probably want multiple namespaces, to reflect the modular nature of the >> standard. >> >> If they are requiring us to declare one before we're ready, we should push >> back. >> >> Michael Priestley, Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) >> Lead IBM DITA Architect >> mpriestl@ca.ibm.com >> http://dita.xml.org/blog/25 <http://dita.xml.org/blog/25> >> >> >> >> From: Kristen James Eberlein <kris@eberleinconsulting.com> >> <mailto:kris@eberleinconsulting.com> >> To: DITA TC <dita@lists.oasis-open.org> >> <mailto:dita@lists.oasis-open.org> >> Date: 05/20/2010 01:40 PM >> Subject: [dita] We need a name space for DITA 1.2 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> According to Mary McRae, we no longer need an overview document; the >> overview >> document was necessary ONLY because we had both an architectural spec and a >> language spec. >> >> However, Mary says: >> >> "Since there are DTDs and Schemas, the TC must define a namespace. I highly >> recommend that the TC define an http namespace and provide a namespace >> document. The namespace document will contain links to the spec, the schemas >> and the dtd files. OASIS requires namespaces to be in the following format: >> http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/dita <http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/dita> >> /{namespace name goes here} OR >> http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/ns <http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/ns> >> /{namespace name goes here}" >> >> So what do we want for our namespace name? >> >> FYI, here is a link to the OASIS namespace template: >> http://docs.oasis-open.org/templates/namespace.html >> <http://docs.oasis-open.org/templates/namespace.html> >> >> Best, >> >> Kris >> >> Kristen James Eberlein >> Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting >> Secretary, OASIS DITA Technical Committee >> Charter member, OASIS DITA Adoption Committee >> www.eberleinconsulting.com <http://www.eberleinconsulting.com/> >> +1 919 682-2290; keberlein (skype) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 512.554.9368 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com
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