Re: URI for XML schema and namespace

"Tim Bray" <tbray@textuality.com> Sat, 05 January 2008 00:56 UTC

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From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
To: Chris Newman <Chris.Newman@sun.com>
Subject: Re: URI for XML schema and namespace
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On Jan 4, 2008 3:46 PM, Chris Newman <Chris.Newman@sun.com> wrote:

> I would support a similar approach for iana.org http XML namespaces if someone
> spent the time to write up the rules and get IANA's consent.
...
> To summarize the options:
> 1. URNs for XML namespaces -- present IETF common practice
> 2. non-IETF http URLs for XML namespaces -- acceptable
> 3. iana.org http URLs for XML namespaces -- nobody has tried this, seems
> feasible to me.
> 4. ietf.org http URLs for XML namespaces -- nobody has tried this.  I think
> it's a bad idea.

Sounds very sensible to me.  As a Web Geek First Class, I'd volunteer
to help with the writing. Don't know anyone @IANA so would need an
intro if I were going to help there.  Were you thinking of an I-D?
-Tim