RE: [ubl-ndrsc] Versioning Notes

["GLACE, Jessica" <JGLACE@lmi.org>]

I made some comments in-line. I put * around my comments.

 

1.1      Rules for Versioning

[R 1]          Each namespace should have a version.

*Each version should have a namespace.*

[R 2]          Each minor version must be given a separate namespace.

*I disagree. I suppose I may be missing something regarding the polymorphic processing. But I think this will become overly burdensome to maintain in a namespace and would prefer to see it maintained as a dual function of a root version attribute and the schema version attribute.*

[R 3]          Minor versioning must be limited to declaring new constructs, extending existing constructs and refinement (XSD normative definition).

*Minor versioning must be limited to declaring new optional constructs and refinements of an optional nature.*

[R 4]          Changes in minor versions must be break semantic compatibility with prior versions.

*Changes in minor versions must NOT break semantic compatibility with prior versions.*

[R 5]          Minor version namespaces must reference preceding minor version root schemas.

 

All changes in minor versions will be backwards compatible to previous minors and its corresponding major.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Lisa Seaburg [mailto:xmlgeek@gmi.net]
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 10:08 AM
To: UBL-NDR
Subject: [ubl-ndrsc] Versioning Notes

I am attaching the notes on Versioning pulled out of our minutes at the Face to face.  I have started to format as rules.  I included everything I could find, plus I am attaching a Versioning paper that might help us.  This will be discussed on the next NDR teleconference next Wednesday.  Thanks.

 

Lisa

 

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