[dsdl-discuss] Re: ISO policy for namespace URIs ?

Eric
>
> Thinking about which namespace URI might be used for the framework, I am
> wondering if there is (or if there should be) an ISO policy for the
> choice of namespace URIs used in ISO standards.
>
> The problem I can see with using "http://foo.org/bar" as a namespace URI
> is that if in a couple of years, the person or organization owning
> "foo.org" (who or which may be the same person or organization than the
> one owning it today) may either not agree any longer to "lend" the
> namespace URI or even use if for another XML language (maybe a variation
> over which what would have been specified as a standard or something
> completely different).
>
> In all the cases, this would lead to great confusion which would
> jeopardize the long term stability which is the aim of an ISO standard.
>
> Do you know if this has already be formalized as an ISO policy or do you
> think that it should be (at least in our group)?
>
> This is a tricky and nasty question which could also apply to Relax NG
> and Schematron :-( !

This is one of the problems I have with the Relax NG spec. We could have a
URI that begins:

http://www.jtc1.org/sc34/DSDL/

given that JTC1 has its own website, and this has a simpler to manage
interface than ISO, or we could try to use one based on the complex ISO web
site, which would have to take something along the form of:

http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/stdsdevelopment/tc/tclist/jtc1/sc34/DSDL/

Alternatively we could invent a "simple ISO syntax" based on the 8879 fpis,
such as:

http://www.iso.ch/ISO 12345-2002 DSDL/

Martin Bryan

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