Re: [regrep] Groups - patch-rim-query.txt uploaded

[Farrukh Najmi <Farrukh.Najmi@Sun.COM>]

Hi Richard,


Here is my attempt to summarize your changes to rim.xsd and query.xsd 
for those that are new to diff -u format:

1. Makes AdhocQueryRequest more OO and extensible:
    -It allows an AdhocQueryRequest to carry any sub-type of 
AdhocQueryType (before it was explicitly SQLQuery or FilterQuery
    -Eliminates use of choice (a poor choice in XML Schema design IMO) 
in AdhocQueryRequest

2. Fixes inconsistency in how BooleanClause was written.

3. Added Module is a sub-type of RegistryPackage with no additional 
specialization

Here are some questions and comments:

1. Makes AdhocQueryRequest more OO and extensible:

I think the changes you propose to rim.xsd and query.xsd indeed do fix 
some systemic issues with our schema w.r.t QuerySchema and
I am supportive of the direction of the changes. I do not know XML 
schema well enough to understand the syntax used in StoredQueryType and 
QueryExpressionType. Can you send an annotated version of just those 
two  types? That would be a big help.

 2. Good idea, though I caution that there may many inconsistencies and 
other issues in query.xsd in the FilterQuery schema. My position is that 
we should not change FilterQuery schema dramatically as I feel that we 
should obsolete it someday and replace qith XQuery. Until then I would 
like to make only safe and backward compatible changes to filter query. 
I believe this one qualifies as that so I +1 it.

3. I am still not sure about Modules and would like to hold opinions 
until I have done my homework.

Others please share you thoughts on Richard's good work here. Thanks.

rmartell@galdosinc.com wrote:

>The document patch-rim-query.txt has been submitted by Richard Martell (rmartell@galdosinc.com) to the OASIS ebXML Registry TC document repository.
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>Document Description:
>This patch file (unified diff format) includes all schema changes pertaining to the following proposals I recently posted: generic stored queries, extension modules, and the 'geo' module. These changes are backward-compatible with the latest schema revisions in CVS.
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Regards,
Farrukh