Hi All,
The Architecture Document (Section 3.5.5 a)(TechArch group) currently
proposes that an ebXML document be framed within an 'ebXML' element.
TR&P is referenced in an Editor's note to this rule. See below:
a) The message will use a root tag of <ebXML> to identify it as an
ebXML compliant transaction.
[EDITORS NOTE: THE TRP GROUP MUST EITHER ADOPT THIS OR SPECIFY AN
ALTERNATIVE IDENTIFICATION ELEMENT OR METHOD]
I do not support this means of identification, and propose instead that an
XML conformant document include a 'Processing Instruction' asserting ebXML
compliance. I suggest:
<?ebXML version='1.0' reference='someURI'>
where 'version' provides the ebXML version to which compliance is claimed,
and
'reference' provides a URI for use in accessing a repository of
metadata relating to this message.
I believe this approach is less intrusive upon XML syntax. It eliminates
the need, if a DTD (or other schema declaration)is used, to define an ebXML
element and its allowed content.
Cheers,
Bob
