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Subject: RE: [ubl-dev] SV: [ubl] Re: [ubl-dev] Datatype Methodology RE: [ubl-dev] SBS and Restricted Data Types
Ken, Thanks for more great insights. I was half tongue in cheek on the XML prologue deprecation - there was a monster-thread over on XML-dev at one point about the evils of XML prologue and how it should be expurged. That horse is thoroughly out of the barn however - no bolting of doors is bring that one back! ; -) Totally concur on the "Thankfully the XML processor in an XML-aware application handles character set issues and delivers Unicode characters to the XML-aware application regardless of the character set used to represent them." We'd not be having much luck developing UBL without this foundation stone! DW -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: [ubl-dev] SV: [ubl] Re: [ubl-dev] Datatype Methodology RE: [ubl-dev] SBS and Restricted Data Types From: "G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com> Date: Wed, May 10, 2006 1:33 am To: UBL-Dev <ubl-dev@lists.oasis-open.org> At 2006-05-09 15:51 -0700, David RR Webber \(XML\) wrote: >Thanks for the CRVL reference - I found - >http://xml.coverpages.org/DSDL-Part7-200502.pdf and this looked >comprehensive. Yes, I believe that is the same document. >Are there any XML usage samples out there too? Not yet, it has not been completed. >p.s. Sorry I forgot the XML prologue got deprecated - people still >insist in putting <?xml version="1.0"?> everywhere though ; -) Ah, is that what you meant? Then for the archives I'll address my confusion from your earlier note. We were talking about the repertoire of the XML document. The SGML Prologue includes a large section in order to indicate, by enumeration, the allowed characters of the repertoire for an SGML document. XML never had that repertoire part of the prologue as it was one of the things removed from the SGML features, but it does have in its prologue the XML Declaration: <?xml version="1.0"?> to describe the syntax and character set of the document (in place of the SGML character prologue) and the DOCTYPE Declaration (the same as the SGML prologue): <!DOCTYPE x [ ... ]> In fact the XML Declaration is not deprecated, the standard says an XML document "should" begin with an XML Declaration, so people should, indeed, be putting it everywhere and not leaving it out. Sorry I misunderstood what it was you were referring to. As I mentioned to Steve, the character set of the document (as declared in the XML Declaration) is orthogonal to the character repertoire of the document (which is the subject of the new DSDL CRVL). Thankfully the XML processor in an XML-aware application handles character set issues and delivers Unicode characters to the XML-aware application regardless of the character set used to represent them. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken -- Registration open for XSLT/XSL-FO training: Wash.,DC 2006-06-12/16 Also for XSLT/XSL-FO training: Minneapolis, MN 2006-07-31/08-04 Also for XML/XSLT/XSL-FO training:Birmingham,England 2006-05-22/25 Also for XSLT/XSL-FO training: Copenhagen,Denmark 2006-05-08/11 World-wide on-site corporate, govt. & user group XML/XSL training. G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/u/ Box 266, Kars, Ontario CANADA K0A-2E0 +1(613)489-0999 (F:-0995) Male Cancer Awareness Aug'05 http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/u/bc Legal business disclaimers: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal --------------------------------------------------------------------- This publicly archived list supports open discussion on implementing the UBL OASIS Standard. To minimize spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ Alternately, using email: list-[un]subscribe@lists.oasis-open.org List archives: http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-dev/ Committee homepage: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/ List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php Join OASIS: http://www.oasis-open.org/join/
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