Re: [uddi-spec] Omission of use="optional" on the description element

[Tom Bellwood <bellwood@us.ibm.com>]

Yes, the xml:lang is optional everywhere else but for descriptions.  I
agree we weren't consistent in its treatment.   I also seem to recall that
it was intentionally left as required here because descriptions are
intended to be human readable text and having the xml:lang can be important
for such uses.   We should consider if this line of reasoning is important
before making it optional I think.

Other opinions?  Someone with a different recollection than mine here?

Thanks,
Tom Bellwood       Phone:  (512) 838-9957 (external);   TL:  678/9957
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Co-Chair, OASIS UDDI Specification TC
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IBM Corporation

"Luc Clement" <lclement@windows.microsoft.com> on 06/18/2003 01:39:47 PM

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Subject:    [uddi-spec] Omission of use="optional" on the description
       element




Tom  / TC,

Please note that the http://uddi.org/schema/uddi_v3.xsd  schema omits
use="optional" on the description element. I think this is  an omission and
recommend we correct this definition as part of CR-002. The  current schema
is declared as:




<xsd:elementname="description"type="uddi:description"final="restriction"/>

        <xsd:complexTypename="description"final="restriction">

              <xsd:simpleContent>

                     <xsd:extensionbase="uddi:validationTypeString255">

                            <xsd:attributeref="xml:lang"/>

                     </xsd:extension>

              </xsd:simpleContent>

        </xsd:complexType>

... when I think we should have it declared as:



<xsd:elementname="description"type="uddi:description"final="restriction"/>

        <xsd:complexTypename="description"final="restriction">

              <xsd:simpleContent>

                     <xsd:extensionbase="uddi:validationTypeString255">

                            <xsd:attributeref="xml:lang"use="optional"/>

                     </xsd:extension>

              </xsd:simpleContent>

        </xsd:complexType>

For your consideration.

Luc

Luc Clément
Microsoft

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