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Subject: RE: [relax-ng] Predeclare xsd datatypes prefix?


Seems reasonable to predeclare xsd. Yes, it gives a privileged (or default)
position to xsd, but what else could go in its place? For now, it's a
convenience to users. -Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Clark [mailto:jjc@jclark.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 4:54 AM
> To: relax-ng@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [relax-ng] Predeclare xsd datatypes prefix?
>
>
> I am wondering whether it would be a good idea to predeclare "xsd", i.e.
> assume a declaration of
>
>   datatypes xsd = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes";
>
> A user would be able to override this if they wanted.
>
> The advantage is convenience: it saves a user having to remember and type
> the XSD URI.  A small schema is very short and simple to write in the
> compact syntax, and having to type this declaration is a
> significant extra
> effort.  I find it hard to remember the namespace URI, and typically have
> to look it up, which I find a nuisance.
>
> The disadvantage is that it is giving a priviliged position to XML Schema
> datatypes which RELAX NG itself is careful not to do. A counter
> argument to
> this is that the compact syntax is already doing an analagous thing by
> giving a special syntax to a:documentation.
>
> I'm in two minds about this one.  What do other people think?
>
> James
>
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