Sorry, I don't understand what you are saying. What public ID?
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Seairth Jacobs
SDML/GTP: http://www.seairth.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <>
To: "'Seairth Jacobs'" <>; "xml-dev"
<>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 2:07 PM
Subject: RE: [xml-dev] Namespaces and URIs (was: A good case for Namespace
URIs)
> Just use the public ID.
>
> len
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seairth Jacobs [mailto:]
>
> Okay. Once again, the issue of whether a URL used as a Namespace URI
should
> be resolvable or not has come up. The main confusion here is that the URI
> given looks like a resolvable URL. Most people would look at it and
expect
> it to be able to resolve the URL to some sort of related document. As
shown
> with the govtalk URL though, this is not always the case. But, I can
> understand the reasoning behind the use of the URL format. It is a
> convenient and quick way to create a URI that is easy to remember and/or
> understand (I still don't understand URNs).
>
> However, as soon as the "http" scheme is mentioned, people start to assume
> it is a resolvable URL. So how about this... why don't we just come up
with
> a new scheme to use instead of "http". For instance, we could have
"xmlns".
> Then, when seeing "xmlns://www.govtalk.gov.uk/CR/core" or preferably
> "xmlns://govtalk.gov.uk/CR/core", we would know that the URL is not
> resolvable (at least using HTTP). At the same time, organizations can
> continue to use the URL format for its conveniences.
>
>
