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Re: [ubl] Re: Packaging team call

  • 1.  Re: [ubl] Re: Packaging team call

    Posted 03-14-2004 13:53
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    Subject: Re: [ubl] Re: Packaging team call


    On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 jon.bosak@sun.com wrote:
    
    > [anne.hendry@sun.com:]
    > 
    > | a) and b) were discussed in the coordination call and I'm sure Jon
    > | will send out a recap shortly.
    > 
    > Present on the call were Jon Bosak, Stephen Green, Anne Hendry,
    > Bill Meadows, and Lisa Seaburg.
    > 
    > Discussion:
    > 
    >  - It appears that under the current CL proposal, an extension to
    >    a code list will result in a change (or addition) to the
    >    namespaces referenced in the instance.  This is good.  But
    >    we're not sure whether it will also require a change (or
    >    addition) to the namespaces referenced in the schemas.
    > 
    >  - Several of us feel uneasy about ad hoc schema extensions.  Yes,
    >    they are handy, but so is ANY.
    > 
    >  - We suspect that there may be parsers in current use that do not
    >    support substitution groups.
    > 
    >  - We note that there is still a lot of controversy about
    >    substitution groups among XML experts (a google search will
    >    quickly confirm this).
    > 
    >  - We have not yet been able to establish whether this approach
    >    can be mirrored in other constraint languages such as RNG and
    >    ASN.1.
    
    The mapping from XSD to ASN.1 can handle substitution groups.
    
    Paul
    
    > 
    >  - We would like to know whether there is an agreeable alternative
    >    for 1.0 that would not require us to adopt substitution groups
    >    and abstract elements until we have a better understanding of
    >    the implications.
    > 
    > Outcomes:
    > 
    >  - Stephen will attempt to explain an alternative that does not
    >    use substitution groups and abstract elements.
    > 
    >  - Jon will suggest that we use the Tuesday and Wednesday SC slots
    >    for joint meetings next week in order to achieve consensus on
    >    these and other issues, in particular what goes into the SDT.
    > 
    >  - Lisa will ask Marty to create sample schemas using the proposed
    >    code list mechanism so that we have something concrete to look
    >    at and can confirm that everything parses.
    > 
    > Jon
    > 
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