Re: [emix] Groups - EMIX Namespace Declarations and Maintenance Policy20110403.rtf uploaded

[William Cox <wtcox@CoxSoftwareArchitects.com>]

Anne --  and others --

This is a common approach, using the date to disambiguate namespaces. See (e.g.) Service Component Architecture, WS-Calendar, and more.

A time sequence of major/minor versions would be identified by the date. The most frequently changing versions we've had are working drafts, where we sometimes have several (including "wip") a week.

The benefit is that it identifies the production date; the disadvantage (minor IMO) is that it doesn't readily support minor revisions that are more frequent than monthly.

I've also found that the management of major/minor for specs like this is often more costly than the benefit obtained.

Thanks!

bill
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On 4/3/11 3:27 PM, Anne Hendry wrote:

4D98CA1E.5080302@pacbell.net" type="cite">Bill,

Could you say a few words about why you think this is a good approach?
I can't tell how it would support minor revisions.

Thanks,
-Anne

wtcox@coxsoftwarearchitects.com wrote, On 4/3/2011 8:50 AM:

Here's another approach to namespace declaration and maintenance for EMIX.
This is based on the WS-Calendar document, which in turn is based on other
OASIS Technical Committee namespace declaration and maintenance
documents.

Thanks!

bill cox

 -- William Cox

The document named EMIX Namespace Declarations and Maintenance Policy
20110403.rtf has been submitted by William Cox to the OASIS Energy Market
Information Exchange (eMIX) TC document repository.

Document Description:
Proposed namespace declaration and maintenance policy for EMIX namespaces. This is based on the WS-Calendar and similar namespace policies in other
OASIS Technical Committees.

View Document Details:
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=41707

Download Document:  http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/41707/EMIX%20Namespace%20Declarations%20and%20Maintenance%20Policy%2020110403.rtf


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