Ramifications of changing an existing namespace

Hi, Mary and others.

The namespace http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/
is officially part of the OASIS DITA 1.0 and OASIS DITA 1.1
specifications. See the following topics in the specifications:

  
http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.1/OS/langspec/langref/topic.html

  
http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.0/langspec/topic.html

Can someone clearly and thoroughly explain just
what the ramifications would be if we were to change this to align with
OASIS's namespace policies?

Best,

Kris

Kristen James Eberlein

Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting

Secretary, OASIS DITA Technical Committee

Charter member, OASIS DITA Adoption Committee

www.eberleinconsulting.com

+1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)

On 6/23/2010 7:56 AM, Mary McRae wrote:
The namespace http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/
is not allowed. We do use a redirect of sorts to deliver the namespace
document at the namespace location, but dita.oasis-open.org is not
allowed.
  

  

  
Regards,

  

  

  
Mary 

  

  
  

  

  

  
On Jun 23, 2010, at 3:45 AM, Don Day wrote:

  
  
    
Is it possible to set a
redirect for the location http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/
    that simply goes to the preferred OASIS hosting address?
That
would seem to be the easiest way forward and avoids the current case of
a 404 return message, which fits my definition of "the principle of
astonishment" that standards usually try to avoid!  ;-)

    

--

Don Day

    

Grosso, Paul wrote:
    
      
      

      
Mary,

      
 

      
We
aren't communicating. 

      
 

      
I
don't know what "it" isn't the issue for you.

      
 

      
I
don't know what it means for a namespace to be at a location.

      
 

      
The
DITA namespace name is http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/. 
That
is unchangeable.

      
 

      
When
someone puts a namespace name into a browser, they are
supposed to be served a namespace document.  That is a recommendation
of the
W3C Technical Advisory Group headed by Tim Berners-Lee.  I don't not
want to
see OASIS violate this, and I would hope you and the other people who
make
OASIS policy [isn't that supposed to be the OASIS members, i.e., us]
would not
want to violate this either. 

      
 

      
So
something needs to be served when
      http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/
is accessed. The easiest way to do that is to put something at
      http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/index.htm. 
That
something can either be the namespace document or a document that
redirects to a copy of the namespace document.

      
 

      
paul

      
 

      

      

      

      
From: Mary
McRae
[mailto:]
      

      Sent: Tuesday, 2010 June 22 21:28

      To: Grosso, Paul

      Cc: Kristen James Eberlein; DITA TC

      Subject: Re: [dita] Re: DITA 1.2, CD 02 submission
(DITA1.2-CD02.zip)
uploaded

      

      

      
 

      
Hi Paul,

      

      
 

      

      

      
  No, that's not the issue. OASIS requires
all
namespaces to live at http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/dita/...
or
      http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/ns.
If
a namespace was declared prior to the naming guidelines going into
effect
(which created the explicit 'ns' in the path) then it must be at http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/...
 It
can't be at dita.oasis-open.org.

      

      

      
 

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      
Mary 

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      
 

      

      

      
On Jun 21, 2010, at 11:49 PM, Grosso, Paul
wrote:

      

      

      

      

      

      

      
Re:

      

      

      
 

      

      

      
The
namespace must live on http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita - it cannot live at the site of
the
focus area.

      

      

      
 

      

      

      
I
assume by "namespace" you mean the namespace document.

      

      

      
 

      

      

      
The
namespace name is http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/

      

      

      
 

      

      

      
Since
the
namespace document has to be returned when one accesses
the namespace name, the namespace document (or perhaps a redirect to
it) has to
reside at http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/index.htm.

      

      

      
 

      

      

      
paul