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    Posted 08-05-2002 16:44
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    Please find below Arofan's draft writeup on embedded documentation, and 
    also some issues he's raised on the subject.  Let's discuss on Wednesday 
    (look for an agenda from me by the end of the day Tuesday...).
    
    Another question to consider on embedded documentation: Should we be 
    using xsd:documentation or xsd:appinfo?  Here's some background from a 
    thread between Arofan and me:
    
    Eve:
    "Another question that came up when I presented UBL last week was: Why 
    xsd:documentation rather than xsd:appinfo?  I couldn't give the 
    questioner a good answer to this one...  Especially if we imagine that 
    non-normative schemas will be produced directly from our normative XSD 
    rather than from the spreadsheet (and there's a lot to be said for that, 
    since it would be an XML->XML transformation rather than a 
    spreadsheet->XML one), xsd:appinfo could make a lot of sense."
    
    Arofan:
    "As for AppInfo - well, hey - I thought it was documentation originally, 
    but it could as easily be AppInfo, I suppose. On what basis should we 
    make this decision? There isn't a difference technically, if I remember 
    right. If we can determine that one or the other is more correct, then 
    that's what I'll vote for. I guess we should put this to the group, no?"
    
    	Eve
    
    -------- Original Message --------
    Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 12:44:39 -0700
    From: "Gregory, Arofan" <arofan.gregory@commerceone.com>
    To: "Maler, Eve" <eve.maler@commerceone.com>
    CC: "'xmlgeek@gmi.net'" <xmlgeek@gmi.net>
    
    
    
    <<draft-gregory-embedded-01.doc>>
    
    Eve:
    
    Here is the embedded documentation draft for discussion this week.
    However, I wanted to point out some things that emerged as I was working
    on it, so that you could advise/adjust if you think it needs it:
    
    (1) I think we need to be more specific about what documentation we
    allow where, since so many of the fields in the Methodology are specific
    values, and allowing any XHTML Basic markup is neither beneficial nor
    advisable - not even desirable, I don't think.
    
    (2) I have assumed that there would be a section taht went through the
    UBL schema module structures type-by-type: simpleTypes. complexTypes,
    global elements, attributes, etc., and specified for each where the
    documentation element was used. This is already covered elsewhere in
    NDR, and either we should centralize all of the wording around how there
    modules are documented, or make a reference. This is critical in getting
    the right documentation in the right spots in the schema, and I think it
    would be useful for us to be as explicit as possible.
    
    Anyway, please distribute in whatever way you see fit, or write back if
    you have questions.
    
    Cheers,
    
    Arofan
    
    
    -- 
    Eve Maler                                        +1 781 442 3190
    Sun Microsystems                            cell +1 781 883 5917
    XML Web Services / Industry Initiatives      eve.maler @ sun.com
    

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