Schema namespace URL

[Trevor Perrin <trevp@trevp.net>]

Frederick has talked with Karl and shed some light on this.

The URL has a directory part and a file part.  The file part is the file 
name we're currently using.  When it becomes a standard, an OASIS magic 
number will be inserted.  Which may be the year/month or may not be:
  - oasis-dss-1.0-core-schema-wd-16.xsd      (draft)
  - oasis-200406-dss-1.0-core-schema.xsd      (standard)

The directory part should probably be the year/month, since we can't count 
on the OASIS magic number to be the year/month.  At least this is what WSS 
is doing.  So the schema URLs for the draft and the standard would be 
something like:
  - 
http://www.docs.oasis-open.org/dss/2004/03/oasis-dss-1.0-core-schema-wd-16.xsd
  - 
http://www.docs.oasis-open.org/dss/2004/06/oasis-200406-dss-1.0-core-schema.xsd


I dislike having a changing namespace URI for each version of the 
document.  Even once we finalize the committee draft, the namespace will 
change when OASIS approves it for standardization.  So we'll have to keep 
updating the URI in our products.

Look at how nice the URN is.  It's simple, short, inert, and consistent 
with TCs like SAML and XACML:
  - urn:oasis:names:tc:dss:1.0:core:schema

Well, the consensus is for the URL.  So I'll change it to the URL in the 
next draft, unless people have a change of heart.


Trevor