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

[Betty Harvey <ebxml@eccnet.eccnet.com>]

Hi Kurt:

	As a sanity check, I would also suggest running the
schema through Henry Thompson and Richard Tobin's schema
validator available at:  http://www.w3.org/2001/03/webdata/xsv.

Betty

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Kanaskie, Kurt A (Kurt) wrote:

> Neal,
> 
> Regarding an XML Schema version of the BP Spec, Karsten tells me you are
> working on this. I have already generated one, anticipating the request. My
> methodology was quite simple:
> 1. Use XML Spy to create an XSD from the existing DTD (Spy does not support
> the PR version, but the only difference I see is duration)
> 2. Change the appropriate elements to the existing datatypes
> a. Boolean
> b. uriReference
> c. duration
> d. enumeration
> 
> This allows the same XML to be validated by both a DTD and Schema merely by
> assignment within Spy. I like XML Spy!
> 
> I plan on providing a Schema version along with an updated DTD by COB today.
> 
> Regards,
> ________________________________________________________________
> Kurt Kanaskie
> Lucent Technologies
> kkanaskie@lucent.com
> (610) 778-1069 Note the new number!
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Smith, Neal L. (NLSM) [mailto:NLSM@chevron.com] 
> Sent:	Monday, April 16, 2001 10:37 PM
> To:	'ebxml@eccnet.eccnet.com'
> Cc:	'ebxml-bp@lists.ebxml.org'
> Subject:	Re: Schema & BP Spec: Items for today's BP/CC meeting
> 
> EbXML Requirements document states a preference for W3C schema standards,
> not OASIS or ISO. 
>  
> --------------------------
> Neal Smith
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Betty Harvey <ebxml@eccnet.eccnet.com>
> To: Hayes, Brian <Brian.Hayes@Commerceone.com>
> CC: ebxml-bp@lists.ebxml.org <ebxml-bp@lists.ebxml.org>
> Sent: Mon Apr 16 22:06:12 2001
> Subject: Re: Schema & BP Spec: Items for today's BP/CC meeting
> 
> 
> 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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