RE: [docbook-tc] Re: DocBook Technical Committee Meeting Minutes: 20 April 2005

["Rowland, Larry" <larry.rowland@hp.com>]

That was also my understanding.

Larry Rowland

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Norman Walsh [mailto:ndw@nwalsh.com] 
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 11:11 AM
> To: Bob Stayton
> Cc: docbook-tc@lists.oasis-open.org; docbook@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [docbook-tc] Re: DocBook Technical Committee Meeting 
> Minutes: 20 April 2005
> 
> 
> / "Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net> was heard to say:
> | 8.  DocBook namespaces.
> |
> | A DocBook namespace is needed for version 5.  We want a stable, 
> | nonchanging name.  The Committee agreed that it would apply to the 
> | family of DocBook schemas, including Simplified DocBook and 
> | customizations. The name would not contain a version number.
> |
> | The OASIS naming rules are not yet adopted, so Norm proposed using 
> | "http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"; as the namespace name. 
> There is some 
> | precedent for using a non-OASIS URI.
> 
> I recall calling the question:
> 
>   Shall we adopt "http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"; as the namespace name
>   for DocBook V5.0
> 
> and obtaining uninimous consent, but that is not clearly 
> reflected in these minutes. Bob, could you please make a note 
> for next month's agenda that when we adopt these minutes, we 
> mean to adopt them as amended above. (If, in fact, the 
> committee as a whole shares my personal recollection.)
> 
>                                         Be seeing you,
>                                           norm
> 
> -- 
> Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>      | Everything should be made as
> http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/ | simple as possible, but 
> no simpler. Chair, DocBook Technical Committee |
>