Document names and URLs

[Simon Nash <oasis@cjnash.com>]

I took an action last week to follow up with Mary on this
subject.  Here is the proposed note that I am intending to send.
Any comments or suggestions for changes?

   Simon

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Mary,
The Bindings TC discussed the naming issue and has decided to revert
to the previous names in the short term so that the process of getting
to public review can be expedited and is not blocked on the naming
issue.  The Bindings TC also decided to continue to pursue the adoption
of its previously agreed new naming convention with OASIS TC Admin.

 From the discussion on the mailing list and the discussion on the
TC call last week, it seems there are two possible options for
managing this renaming without causing problems for users who have
already downloaded the documents or linked to the existing URLs.

1) Create latest and current version URLs following the new
    naming convention, and use these URLs for new documents going
    forward as well as for the documents that have already been
    published, with redirection from the old URLs to the new URLs.

2) Leave the existing latest and current version URLs in place for
    the documents that have already been published, and create latest
    and current version URLs following the new naming convention
    for new versions of these documents going forward.  (It would
    also be possible to duplicate the documents that have already
    been published under the new URL naming convention if this is
    considered useful.)

Of these, option 1 seems simplest and this would be the TC's
preferred solution.  If OASIS cannot support this for technical
reasons, the TC would be willing to consider option 2 as a
fallback alternative.

   Simon