RE: [obix] FW: [wsrf] Fw: NEW ISSUE: use RDDL instead of XML Schema at the namespace URI?

["Doug Ransom" <Doug.Ransom@pwrm.com>]

RDDL is an excellent tool for documenting XML formats and an excellent resource to be referenced by the namespace URI.  I think this was tossed around as a possibility in the obix xml group last fall, its probably worth considering again.  

I haven't seen an announcement from the chair yet (maybe it slipped by already) - Power Measurement has decided to withdraw from OBIX which is why I have been so silent the last few months.  It has been rewarding participating in OBIX and the vision is still compelling. 

Doug

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Subject: [obix] FW: [wsrf] Fw: NEW ISSUE: use RDDL instead of XML Schema at the namespace URI?

Interesting next step, perhaps?

tc

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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Maguire [mailto:tmaguire@us.ibm.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 8:37 AM
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Subject: [wsrf] Fw: NEW ISSUE: use RDDL instead of XML Schema at the
namespace URI?





Interesting issue has been raised in WSA WG that may be applicable to us as
well.  See below.

Tom

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----- Forwarded by Tom Maguire/Hawthorne/IBM on 04/08/2005 08:35 AM -----

public-ws-addressing-request@w3.org wrote on 04/07/2005 07:34:15 PM:

>
> Background:
>
> As many of you are aware, there is an ongoing debate on what kind of
> resource should be placed at the namespace URI.  The TAG has been unable
> to recommend a practice in this area, despite a lot of discussion.
>
> The W3C, AIUI, has a policy that there should be some document at the
> namespace URI, but does not enforce a particular format.  In general
> namespace URIs seem to return HTML documents.
>
> There are also many proponents of RDDL [1], which is simply an XHTML
> document with some machine-processable XLinks in it pointing to
> associated resources like schemas.
>
> Justification:
>
> One advantage of RDDL is that it would enable one to discover, through
> the namespace URI, a number of schemas for the namespace.  This is
> especially interesting when errata are taken into account.  The WS-I BP
> promulgated some fixes to the WSDL 1.1 schema, but since it is also
> desirable to have a stable document at the namespace URI, it published
> alternative dated versions with various fixes in them, and pointed to
> those dated versions from the spec.  It might have been simpler and more
> discoverable to find all the related (dated) schemas through a RDDL
> document at the namespace URI.
>
> Proposal:
>
> Place a RDDL document at each of the namespace URIs defined by WS-A.
> Provide a "latest schema" link as well as dated links to the schema.
> State in the document that the resources (schemas) at the dated links
> are immutable, the list of dated schemas may grow to incorporate fixes,
> and the latest schema link will always point to the latest.
>
> A necessary related change to the specs is for sections of the specs
> which say that a schema is available "at" the namespace URI to be
> updated to say "through" the namespace URI, or some such.
>
> Caveat:
>
> Microsoft feels there are some benefits to this proposal to the extent
> that it doesn't take us down the rabbit hole of attempting to solve the
> general problem of what should go at a namespace URI.  We would prefer
> the status quo to spending significant amounts of time on this subject.
>
> [1] http://www.rddl.org/
>
>