schemaLocation should just stick to relative path

[Chin Chee-Kai <cheekai@softml.net>]

I understand NDR was discussing having schemaLocation 
attributes store absolute paths as a rule.  I also
heard that it was for purpose of having online 
distribution of UBL schemas (thanks for Stephen for
clear and detailed summary).

I think there may be occasions when absolute paths are
useful, such as an online business operation.   Likewise, 
there may be as well occasions when relative paths
make much more sense, such as in more remote parts of
the Earth, in areas of poor connectivity, test systems,
etc.

As such, I didn't think it is beneficial to have a rule 
to make relative path a forbidden way of implementing 
UBL schema validations.  We can just keep silent, and
allow implementors to decide.  The implementational
aspects SHOULD NOT become part of NDR lists because
it may unnecessarily restrict specific or creative
usages and application contexts.

I'll suggest leaving out the rule.  We can still dish out
online UBL schemas, and end-users can still validate
against local copies.



Best Regards,
Chin Chee-Kai
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