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Subject: RE: [wsdm] URNs v. URLs for XML namespace
Sounds good, give or take a few changes if we end up changing names of specs. William > -----Original Message----- > From: Sedukhin, Igor S [mailto:Igor.Sedukhin@ca.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:48 AM > To: WSDM TC > Subject: RE: [wsdm] URNs v. URLs for XML namespace > > > Let's do this. Propose URLs for our specs. Note that in this > case targetNamespace URLs for schema and WSDL must be > different! Otherwise once someone decides to host a WSDL or > schema document at that URL there will be no way to decide > which document to host. > > So, > http://www.oasis-open.org/wsdm/0.5/muws/wsdl > http://www.oasis-open.org/wsdm/0.5/muws/schema > http://www.oasis-open.org/wsdm/0.5/mows/wsdl > http://www.oasis-open.org/wsdm/0.5/mows/schema > > Is that good? We can easily replace URNs in our specs. > > -- Igor Sedukhin .. (igor.sedukhin@ca.com) > -- (631) 342-4325 .. 1 CA Plaza, Islandia, NY 11788 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sedukhin, Igor S > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 11:36 AM > To: John DeCarlo; WSDM TC > Subject: RE: [wsdm] URNs v. URLs for XML namespace > > That is fine. If OASIS gives us a URL at which we can host > proper schemas that is fine. It becomes ugly when people > start making up URLs that point nowhere. > > > -- Igor Sedukhin .. (igor.sedukhin@ca.com) > -- (631) 342-4325 .. 1 CA Plaza, Islandia, NY 11788 > > -----Original Message----- > From: John DeCarlo [mailto:jdecarlo@mitre.org] > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 11:31 AM > To: WSDM TC > Subject: [wsdm] URNs v. URLs for XML namespace > > Not that I am an expert on this, but I asked around at work > and most people recommended URLs. Here is the best write up > I was pointed to: > > > Here is an excerpt from the XML Registry Aerospace Operations > > Namespace > > Naming convention that discusses this. > > > > "Whether to use a URN or URL for an XML Schema namespace name is > > predominantly a matter of personal preference. However, > > this proposal uses URL syntax for the following reasons: > > * URLs are integral to the World Wide Web (www). With a URL, > > there is potentially a resource as well. That resource > > could contain documentation (a schema, pointers to > > other schemas, etc.). If in the future the W3C decides > > to have namespace names point to resources, the appropriate > > syntax will already be in use and namespace names will not > > have to change. > > * The URL syntax is familiar and memorable to www users. > > * URL schema names are already managed [5]. Therefore, it would be > > easier to ensure namespace names are unique. In other words, > > with URLs it would be difficult to have two organizations > > with identical namespace names." > > > > -- > > John DeCarlo, The MITRE Corporation, My Views Are My Own > email: jdecarlo@mitre.org > voice: 703-883-7116 > fax: 703-883-3383 > DISA cube: 703-882-0593 > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from > the roster of the OASIS TC), go to > http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/wsdm/members/leav e_workgroup.php. To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from the roster of the OASIS TC), go to http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/wsdm/members/leave_workgrou p.php. To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from the roster of the OASIS TC), go to http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/wsdm/members/leave_workgrou p.php.
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