Re: [sam_hunting@yahoo.com: Re: [xtm-wg] Swindon minutes]

[Sam Hunting <sam_hunting@yahoo.com>]

Steve--

Thanks. 

Also, is it customary for meeting minutes to include the wording of the
resolutions voted on?

S.


--- "Steven R. Newcomb" <srn@coolheads.com> wrote:
> Sam points out a lacuna/problem in the minutes.  The 
> fix I propose is appended.
> 
> ------- Start of forwarded message -------
> > Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 08:31:01 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Sam Hunting <sam_hunting@yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [xtm-wg] Swindon minutes
> > To: mb@infoloom.com
> > Cc: srn@coolheads.com
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> > 
> > This portion of the discussion is in the draft minutes, but didn't
> make
> > it through to the (incredibly lucid) final version.
> > 
> > Re namespaces:
> > 
> > <quote>
> > 1) The interchange DTD will not include a prefix. It will have no
> > provision to make one.
> > 
> > 2) The root element declares a fixed xmlns attribute with the value
> > <A href="http://www.topicmaps.org/xtm/1.0/"
> > target=_blank>http://www.topicmaps.org/xtm/1.0/</A> that references
> the
> > XTM
> > specification. 
> > 
> > 3) No prefix in the examples. The first example specifies the xml
> > namespace attribute on the topicmap element.
> > 
> > 4) 'Namespace constraint: Leading "XTM" 
> > 
> > Prefixes beginning with the three letter sequence x, t, m in any
> case
> > combination, are reserved for use by XTM and XTM-related
> > specifications.'
> > 
> > Approved unanimously.
> > </quote>
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > S.
> ------- End of forwarded message -------
> 
> Proposed fix is below my signature.  Scroll down!
> 
> -Steve
> 
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> 
>     The XTM Specification will neither encourage nor
>     discourage users from embarking on either of these
>     courses of action.  However, the Spec will specify a
>     specific URI that invoked the topicmaps.org domain name,
>     to be used to specify the XTM DTD as the namespace; we
>     hope this will encourage a modicum of consistency among
>     topic maps that use the XTM DTD as an XML Namespace.
> 
> *** beginning of correction (addition) submitted by Sam Hunting
> 2000/10/24
> 
>     [no paragraph] The XTM Specification will make the
>     following arrangements with regard to the use of XML
>     Namespaces:
> 
>     * The root element of the of the XTM DTD will have a
>       fixed -xmlns- attribute with a value that is a URI
>       that references the XTM Specification.
> 
>     * In the examples found in the explanatory text of the
>       XTM Specification, no namespace prefixes will appear,
>       except in the first example, in which only the -xmlns-
>       attribute will be explicitly and redundantly
>       specified.
> 
>     * The text will state that prefixed beginning with the
>       three-character sequence "xtm", in any case
>       combination, are reserved for use by XTM and
>       XTM-related specifications.
> 
> *** end of correction (addition) submitted by Sam Hunting 2000/10/24
> 
>     The XTM Spec will not espouse any position with respect
> 
> ...
> 
> I also added clarifying language to a subsequent paragraph, which
> now reads, in part:
> 
> 
>     ... When an
>     instance declares the XTM DTD as an XML Namespace, the
>     DTD can still be used to validate the instance merely by
>     defining the parameter entity to be a string that is the
>     name as the declared XML Namespace prefix, followed by
>     ":".  The Syntax Subgroup decided to recommend that, for
>     the sake of human readability, the XTM DTD should not
>     employ this technique; the interchange DTD will not
>     include a prefix, nor will it include parameter entity
>     provisions for adding prefixes.  (However, it should be
>     noted that the parameter entity technique has been
>     useful for those who must use XML Namespaces; it has
>     been invaluable in the W3C XHTML work, and it has also
>     been used in the TEI context.  The XTM Specification
>     will neither promote nor deprecate the parameter entity
>     technique.)
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