Question on property IDs in OData Atom Format

[Giovanni Bartolomeo <giovanni.bartolomeo@uniroma2.it>]

Dear Editors,

one question you might have already considered. In OData Atom format  
[1], apparently the IDs of all structural / navigation properties are  
flattened into a single namespace (the OData Data Namespace). Is there  
any reason for this?

E.g. in section 5.1.7.1 "The rel attribute of an atom:link Element  
Representing Relationship Links" one reads

"The rel attribute for an atom:link element that represents a  
collection of relationship links MUST be present and is made up of the  
name of the OData Data Namespace, followed by the string  
"/relatedlinks/" followed by the name of the navigation property on  
the entity."

wouldn't it be more consistent having (CR):

"The rel attribute for an atom:link element that represents a  
collection of relationship links MUST be present and is made up of the  
qualified name of the navigation property."

And in section 5.1.11.1 "Entity Property as a data:[propertyName]  
Element" one can read:

"Within the metadata:properties element, individual data values of the  
entity are represented as elements where the name of the element is  
the name of the entity property within the OData Data Namespace."

wouldn't it be more consistent having (CR):

"Within the metadata:properties element, individual data values of the  
entity are represented as elements where the name of the element is  
the name of the entity property within its own namespace."

Thanks,
Giovanni

[1]  
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/46705/odata-atom-format-v1.0-wd01-2012-08-17-MZ.doc





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