Re: [docbook-tc] DocBook namespace use policy

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Hi Gershon,
In the meeting discussion, we clarified that the TC cannot police efforts to add 
elements in the DocBook namespace for a local application.  If you read Norm's 
statement again, I think you will find that the intent of the policy is that users may 
extend a DocBook schema with new elements using the DocBook namespace, but with the 
caveats he describes, including not being able to call it DocBook any more (which was 
true before the namespace was added).  Only the TC can add new namespaced elements to 
the official DocBook schemas.  If you want to revisit this policy at the next meeting, 
let me know and I will add it to the agenda again.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gershon Joseph (gerjosep)" <gerjosep@cisco.com>
To: "Dave Pawson" <dave.pawson@gmail.com>; "Norman Walsh" <ndw@nwalsh.com>
Cc: <docbook-tc@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 11:27 AM
Subject: RE: [docbook-tc] DocBook namespace use policy


> This short one uses the term "must", whereas Norm's longer version seemed to me to 
> be talking about "should". I'm happy to go with the "must" -- I think it's safer --  
> but the short and long versions of the policy statement should be in sync as far as 
> conformance in concerned.
>
> Cheers,
> Gershon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Pawson [mailto:dave.pawson@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 12:45 PM
> To: Norman Walsh
> Cc: docbook-tc@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: [docbook-tc] DocBook namespace use policy
>
> From xsl rec, hows this for a 'short' version, dlinked to Norms longer one?
>
> Implementors must not extend the Docbook namespace with additional
> elements or attributes. Instead, any extension must be in a separate
> namespace. The expanded-name of extension elements must have a
> non-null namespace URI.
>
> I've s/XSL/Docbook/
>
>
> HTH
>
>
> -- 
> Dave Pawson
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