Re: [xml-dev] XML Schema Checklist
Michael Kay <[email protected]> wrote on 21/10/2012
12:53:36 PM:
> Michael Glavassevich wrote:
> >
> > As far as I can see the list of version-specific URI listed in that
> > section are "Schema Language Identifiers" _not_ Namespace URI. I don't
> > think they are used (or usable) at all with Schema processors directly
> > they are just suggested labels that _other_ systems (such as a
> > configuration file to tell some GUI which schema processor to use) might
> > want to use to refer to versions of the schema specification.
>
> They are being used in APIs (see Xerces for example [1]) for
> selection and identification of schema processors which support
> specific versions of the XML Schema language.
>
>
>
> [1] http://wiki.apache.org/xerces/Xerces-J%3A_XML_Schema_1.
> 1_Design_Thoughts#Changes_to_support_XML_Schema_1.1_in_JAXP
> It's a shame this change to the semantics of the JAXP API hasn't
> been discussed and agreed on any JAXP mailing list that I'm aware
> of. If it had, then there might be more than one processor that
> supported it by now.
It's been a very long time since there was any activity on the JAXP JSR. As far as I know there is no (functional) JAXP EG anymore to discuss and agree on such matters.
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
Michael Glavassevich
XML Technologies and WAS Development
IBM Toronto Lab
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]
> Michael Glavassevich wrote:
> >
> > As far as I can see the list of version-specific URI listed in that
> > section are "Schema Language Identifiers" _not_ Namespace URI. I don't
> > think they are used (or usable) at all with Schema processors directly
> > they are just suggested labels that _other_ systems (such as a
> > configuration file to tell some GUI which schema processor to use) might
> > want to use to refer to versions of the schema specification.
>
> They are being used in APIs (see Xerces for example [1]) for
> selection and identification of schema processors which support
> specific versions of the XML Schema language.
>
>
>
> [1] http://wiki.apache.org/xerces/Xerces-J%3A_XML_Schema_1.
> 1_Design_Thoughts#Changes_to_support_XML_Schema_1.1_in_JAXP
> It's a shame this change to the semantics of the JAXP API hasn't
> been discussed and agreed on any JAXP mailing list that I'm aware
> of. If it had, then there might be more than one processor that
> supported it by now.
It's been a very long time since there was any activity on the JAXP JSR. As far as I know there is no (functional) JAXP EG anymore to discuss and agree on such matters.
> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
Michael Glavassevich
XML Technologies and WAS Development
IBM Toronto Lab
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected]