RE: [dss] Discussion on outstanding issues for the core.

["Nick Pope" <pope@secstan.com>]

I would suggest that the choice of DTD or schema is a profiling question.  I
would not expect all implementations to even require to handle this form of
signature.

Nick

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juan Carlos Cruellas Ibarz [mailto:cruellas@ac.upc.es]
> Sent: 12 May 2004 12:48
> To: Trevor Perrin; dss@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [dss] Discussion on outstanding issues for the core.
>
>
> 1. Mmmm I am now thinking of those recommendations whose
> structure is defined in XML schema BUT not in DTD. There are, of course
> tools not extremely expensive that convert from one to the other...
> So, we have to choose between have to face situations where the
> server can not offer the service because there is no means for
> receiving a XML schema, and in consequence not provide the service
> even if it could do that, or make optional the capability of
> processing one
> of the forms so that we do not preclude developers to incorporate them.
>
> 2. Yes, network connection... I would say that the service (not
> the protocolo)
> would be more dependant on the quality of network services, but all this
> story is relaying on the assumption that a network connection of a certain
> quality is something not so difficult to achieve....
>
> Juan Carlos
> At 11:18 11/05/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> >At 12:47 PM 5/11/2004 +0200, you wrote:
> >>A couple of  questions,
> >>
> >>1. I would substitute mentions to DTDs by DTDs or Schemas,
> >>just for avoiding questions.
> >
> >That means servers need to be able to process DTDs or Schemas..  I think
> >asking servers to handle DTDs is bad enough, I'd rather not
> require them to
> >do both.
> >
> >
> >>2 should the DTD (XML schema) being necessarily transmited or
> >>could also be possible just incorporate a URI pointing to the place
> >>where it is published? I would initially be in favour of allowing both
> >>mechanisms.
> >
> >That requires the server to have a network connection (or have
> pre-cached
> >the DTD/Schema), or else the protocol fails.
> >
> >This makes the protocol more fragile.  So is it worth adding?
> >
> >
> >Trevor
> >
> >
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