[OASIS Issue Tracker] (ODATA-887) Should we allow multi-part namespace alias names?

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Michael Pizzo updated ODATA-887:
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    Proposal: don't allow multi-part alias names as it would break atom and likely not be supported in programming languages.  (was: Allow multi-part namespace alias names.)

> Should we allow multi-part namespace alias names?
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>
>                 Key: ODATA-887
>                 URL: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/ODATA-887
>             Project: OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: OData CSDL
>    Affects Versions: V4.0_ERRATA02
>         Environment: [Proposed]
>            Reporter: Michael Pizzo
>             Fix For: V4.01_WD01
>
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> Currently namespace aliases are defined as simple identifiers, while namespaces can (but are not required to) be multi-part.
> Unclear why there is this distinction; it's not possible to tell from a single-part name whether the name references a namespace or an alias, so why prohibit multi-part names (i.e., names containing a dot (".")) in aliases?
> There are scenarios where a namespace is long that an application may want to use a shorter name but still represent some level of hierarchy in the naming scheme. 



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