[sc34wg3] Namespaces?

[Mary Nishikawa]

Hi Patrick,

I htink that we are all very busy. I was able to catch Lars Marius on the 
IRC chat for topic maps.

Here is a little of the discussion on namespaces.
http://www.ontopia.net./topicmaps/irc/irclog/2002-10-02.html#t13:58:40

The attribute information item in the XML Infoset has the [namespace name] 
property, and since the SAM and XML inforset are based on the same 
metamodel, it would be good to clarify that this is not the "namespace"in 
topic maps.

Any other opinions?

Cheers,
Mary



At 14:53 02/10/05 -0400, you wrote:
>Mary,
>
>Thanks for the post on namespaces.
>
>Have not seen a lot of traffic in reponse!
>
>Comments anyone?
>
>Looks like an issue we need to address, along with the other ones I raised 
>in my earlier post.
>
>Grist for Baltimore?
>
>Patrick
>
>Mary Nishikawa wrote:
>
>>Thanks Patrick,
>>
>>At 05:44 AM 9/23/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>>>Greetings,
>>>
>>>Several recent comments have likened the TNC to "namespaces" and I was 
>>>wondering if some of other experiences with namespaces might be relevant 
>>>to this dicussion?
>>>
>>>1. Disambiguate terms (the most common use in XML)
>>
>>
>>Actually I went back to read the W3C  XML Infoset Spec   last night to 
>>have a better understanding of how some of the terms in the Infoset are 
>>being used in the SAM. I was struck by this
>>
>>"Namespaces - XML 1.0 documents that do not conform to [Namespaces], 
>>though technically well-formed, are not considered to have meaningful 
>>information sets. "
>>
>>In Namespaces in XML: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/
>>[Definition:] An XML namespace is a collection of names, identified by 
>>a URI reference [RFC2396], which are used in XML documents as element 
>>types and attribute names. XML namespaces differ from the "namespaces" 
>>conventionally used in computing disciplines in that the XML version has 
>>internal structure and is not, mathematically speaking, a set. These 
>>issues are discussed in "A. The Internal Structure of XML Namespaces".
>>
>>How does this jive with our use of "Namespace?"
>>
>>Since the XML Infoset is being used to provide us with a "consistent 
>>set of definitions" for use in the SAM,  I wonder if we should continue 
>>using the term "Namespace" in the Topic Map community's sense of the word.
>>
>>With the reexamination of the definition of Scope, we may want to 
>>reexamine the use of the term "Namespace" or come up with some other word 
>>for this.
>>
>>Maybe this has been brought up already and I missed it.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Mary
>>
>>
>>Mary Nishikawa,  EDMS Technical Advisor
>>Schlumberger K. K.
>>2-2-1 Fuchinobe
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