Re: [xtm-wg] Version number in URI.

[Steve Pepper <pepper@ontopia.net>]

At 21:47 10/02/01 -0800, Jason Diamond wrote:
>Is it wise to include the string "1.0" in the namespace URI? If new elements
>are added in version 1.1 or 2.0 will they be placed in corresponding
>namespaces or snuck into the 1.0 namespace? Personally, I think that the XTM
>design is rather clean and wouldn't want to see it cluttered with multiple
>namespaces (other than the two it already contains). Would a version-less
>namespace URI in conjunction with a version attribute on the <topicMap>
>element be more appropriate?
>
>The same can be said for PSIs. Do we really want to have to remember in what
>version of XTM a PSI was introduced?

What Jason says makes a lot of sense. I would like the AG to
consider this issue and take a decision in Austin.

Steve

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