RE: [xml-dev]Changing Namespaces Between Specification Versions (was: XI

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RE: [xml-dev]Changing Namespaces Between Specification Versions (was: XIN: XML implicit namespace definitions)

From: "Michael Kay" <mike@saxonica.com>
To: "'Pete Cordell'" <petexmldev@codalogic.com>,"'Paul Spencer'" <xml-dev-list@boynings.co.uk>,"'xml-dev'" <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:18:40 +0100

> I concur with Michael's observation, but I don't think a 
> version attribute alone is sufficient for good versioning.  

It's not enough on its own, but it gets you a long way, provided of course
that the value of the attribute is not just an opaque string but a pointer
to a set of rules that define the contract between sender and recipient
associated with that version.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

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