Re: Schema & BP Spec: Items for today's BP/CC meeting

[Mike Rawlins <rawlins@metronet.com>]

For what it's worth, the ebXML Requirements Spec limits ebXML to using standards
that have an approved status.  That means that XML schemas, strictly speaking,
are not compliant with the requirements.  However, the message handling and
CPA/CPP specs have already used XML schemas, so you all would be just one more
not in compliance...

Betty Harvey wrote:

> The problem with delivering only a W3C schema is that it isn't
> approved yet.  Tools available for working with schemas
> are limited.  If ebXML is a standards body, it can't deliver
> only a schema when schema is standard.  Also, there are 2 other
> schema specifications being worked on by 2 other standards
> organizations, TREX by OASIS and RELAX through ISO.
>
> I think it would be wiser to deliver a DTD as the official
> deliverable and a schema as an 'added value'.
>
> Betty
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> On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, Hayes, Brian wrote:
>
> > Karsten wrote:
> > > An issue just raised by Neal: Should we include a W3C schema
> > > version of the
> > > SpecSchema along with (or instead of) the DTD? What is the
> > > recommendation from
> > > BP/CC - DTD or Schema, or both?
> >
> > Time permiting, I strongly recommend we deliver a schema version.  DTDs are
> > not precise enough for defining interfaces (structure and strings) and the
> > BP Spec Schema is essentially and interface.
> >
> > Brian
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