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Hello Andrew, > 3. Avoid using URLs, the globally unique benefit > is far outweighed by the confusion cost Are you recommending that URNs be used rather than URLs? If yes, doesn't that eliminate the ability to use things such as RDDL? XML Schema uses URLs for namespaces, as does XSLT. Do you believe that to be a mistake? What do you mean by "the confusion cost"? /Roger -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Welch [mailto:andrew.j.welch@g...] Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 4:35 AM To: Amelia A Lewis Cc: xml-dev@l... Subject: Re: namespaces redux (was: Re: [XML Schema] Here's how to empower instance document authors to create their own root element) >> On 10/15/2012 12:09 AM, Liam R E Quin wrote: >> (in fact, best practices uses of W3C namespaces are not, ultimately, so > bad). Here are some namespace best practices for someone about create their own markup: 1. Always use a prefix, never change the default namespace. 2. Choose a namespace that will never, ever change - eg don't include version numbers or dates 3. Avoid using URLs, the globally unique benefit is far outweighed by the confusion cost 4. Keep it short, XPath 3.0 can include the namespace directly in the xpath 5. Use the standard prefixes for existing namespaces 6. Always declare all the namespaces on the root element The goal is to help consumers of the xml avoid all the usual pitfalls around namespaces. Some potentially controversial ones in there... :) -- Andrew Welch http://andrewjwelch.com _______________________________________________________________________ XML-DEV is a publicly archived, unmoderated list hosted by OASIS to support XML implementation and development. To minimize spam in the archives, you must subscribe before posting. [Un]Subscribe/change address: http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/ Or unsubscribe: xml-dev-unsubscribe@l... subscribe: xml-dev-subscribe@l... List archive: http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ List Guidelines: http://www.oasis-open.org/maillists/guidelines.php
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