Simon Holdsworth wrote:
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> Simon,
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> Look OK; there's also the option that we leave the existing
> documents/URLs entirely alone, and leave the old form latest URL
> pointing at CD01 forever, although I think thats the least desirable all
> round.
>
I agree that this is least desirable.
Abandoning a 'latest URL', is not a good idea, it defeats the whole
purpose of laving a latest URL.
-Anish
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> Simon Holdsworth
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> *Simon Nash <>*
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> 18/06/2009 11:48
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> Re: [sca-bindings] Document names and URLs
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> Based on the discussion on last week's call, here's a new draft
> of the note to Mary. Is this OK?
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> Simon
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> Mary,
> The Bindings TC discussed the naming issue and has decided to revert
> to the previous names in the short term so that the process of getting
> to public review can be expedited and is not blocked on the naming
> issue. The Bindings TC also decided to continue to pursue the adoption
> of its previously agreed new naming convention with OASIS TC Admin.
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> The TC would like to begin publishing new versions of its documents
> using the new naming convention and new form of URLs as soon as
> possible. For documents that have already been published using the
> existing naming convention, the TC would like to leave these in place
> at their current URLs.
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> For each of the affected documents, the TC would like to create
> new "latest" URLs that match the new naming conventions. For the
> current "latest" URLs, there are two options:
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> 1) For each of the affected documents, use an HTTP redirect from
> the current "latest" URL to the new "latest" URL. These redirects
> can be set up as a one-time operation, so that as the documents
> referenced by the new-form "latest" URLs change in the future,
> these documents will automatically also become available at the
> current old-form "latest" URLs.
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> 2) Every time a new document is published, both the new-form
> "latest" URL and the old-form "latest" URL would be re-linked to
> point to the new document. This does not require any HTTP
> redirects, but it does require additional re-linking of "latest"
> URLs each time new versions of the documents are published.
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> The TC would be willing to accept either of these approaches. Which
> of them would be most convenient for OASIS TC Admin and IT Services?
>
> Simon
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> Simon Nash wrote:
> > I took an action last week to follow up with Mary on this
> > subject. Here is the proposed note that I am intending to send.
> > Any comments or suggestions for changes?
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> > Simon
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> > Mary,
> > The Bindings TC discussed the naming issue and has decided to revert
> > to the previous names in the short term so that the process of getting
> > to public review can be expedited and is not blocked on the naming
> > issue. The Bindings TC also decided to continue to pursue the adoption
> > of its previously agreed new naming convention with OASIS TC Admin.
> >
> > From the discussion on the mailing list and the discussion on the
> > TC call last week, it seems there are two possible options for
> > managing this renaming without causing problems for users who have
> > already downloaded the documents or linked to the existing URLs.
> >
> > 1) Create latest and current version URLs following the new
> > naming convention, and use these URLs for new documents going
> > forward as well as for the documents that have already been
> > published, with redirection from the old URLs to the new URLs.
> >
> > 2) Leave the existing latest and current version URLs in place for
> > the documents that have already been published, and create latest
> > and current version URLs following the new naming convention
> > for new versions of these documents going forward. (It would
> > also be possible to duplicate the documents that have already
> > been published under the new URL naming convention if this is
> > considered useful.)
> >
> > Of these, option 1 seems simplest and this would be the TC's
> > preferred solution. If OASIS cannot support this for technical
> > reasons, the TC would be willing to consider option 2 as a
> > fallback alternative.
> >
> > Simon
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