Hi Ken,
thank you for that clarification.
Michael
G. Ken Holman wrote:
> Hi folks!
>
> I didn't want to take from the time of the meeting today to clarify a
> comment made by Uche regarding http://dsdl.org Document Schema
> Definition Languages (DSDL) - ISO 19757. I was the first project
> chairman of DSDL and only stepped down from that role at the December
> meeting that just happened due to health concerns.
>
> DSDL *will* accommodate the use of W3C Schema when that is important to
> someone's validation requirements. DSDL has no purview to make any part
> of W3C Schema an ISO standard, but there are no restrictions to
> referring to it or accommodating the use of it in the technologies that
> are developed. People who have modelled their information using W3C
> Schema will be able to choreograph its use within the scope of DSDL.
>
> Note that RELAX-NG is becoming an ISO standard: ISO/IEC 19757-2. It is
> part two of DSDL.
>
> Schematron is also becoming an ISO standard: ISO/IEC 19757-3 (you
> guessed it: part 3).
>
> As Uche said, some government organizations are restricted by treaty or
> legislation to use ISO standards, so this work by the DSDL group to
> bring these technologies to formal International Standard status will
> help these groups take advantage of new technologies.
>
> A profile of SGML ISO 8879 already matches the XML 1.0 definition.
>
> If we choose to make RELAX-NG or DTDs the normative expression, we will
> be using international standards. I don't think anyone is questioning
> that we also will be supporting W3C Schema ... I think the only question
> is whether it is the normative one or not.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> ....................... Ken
>
> --
> Upcoming hands-on in-depth XSLT/XPath and/or XSL-FO:
> - North America: Feb 3 - Feb 7,2003
>
> G. Ken Holman mailto:
> Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/o/
> Box 266, Kars, Ontario CANADA K0A-2E0 +1(613)489-0999 (F:-0995)
> ISBN 0-13-065196-6 Definitive XSLT and XPath
> ISBN 0-13-140374-5 Definitive XSL-FO
> ISBN 1-894049-08-X Practical Transformation Using XSLT and XPath
> ISBN 1-894049-10-1 Practical Formatting Using XSL-FO
> Male Breast Cancer Awareness http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/o/bc
>
--
Michael Brauer Phone: +49 40 23646 500
Technical Lead Software Engineering Fax: +49 40 23646 550
Star Office Software Entwicklungs GmbH
Sachsenfeld 4 e-mail:
D-20097 Hamburg, Germany
