I'd like to make sure that I'm understanding the current namespaces
proposal correctly. The proposal has two main parts:
1. Allow names (typeId and queryName for types and name for properties)
to have prefixes
2. Define a new attribute for both types and properties called
globallyUniqueName.
The point of #1 is to scope names WITHIN a single repository allowing,
for example, one type to have a property called foo that is distinct
from a different type having a property called foo; the former could be
defined as type1:foo and the latter type2:foo. These prefixes do
nothing to ensure uniqueness of property or type names across
repositories because there is absolutely nothing to say that two
repositories cannot both define a type1:foo. Sound right?
Of course, the globallyUniqueName is for just that - uniqueness across
repositories. But then we have to do a bit more specifying. For
example, how are properties to be identified in resource representations
- via "name" or via "globallyUniqueName"?
Thanks,
Cornelia
Cornelia Davis
Senior Technologist
EMC Corporation, Office of the CTO
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