RE: [xri] Version enclosures

["Wachob, Gabe" <gwachob@visa.com>]

Peter-
	Actually I'm glad you kicked off discussion here - I had intended to pick some of the issues and dive in, but I'm happy someone other than the chair has taken the initiative.

	As to the substance of your point - I agree! +1!

	The only question I have is about the status of the '['/']' characters vs. '('/')' characters - are there situations where [] must be escaped? (I don't think so). 

	-Gabe

P.S.

	I really dig your approach wrt referring to sections of text:

[:version#linenum]

	But perhaps we use (in the approach of "eat your own dogfood"):

xri://(urn:oasis:xri)/documents/syntax-and-resolution[0.5]#53 

	Or in relative form:

xri:syntax-and-resolution[:0.5]#53

	Or in version-only form:

[:0.5]#53

	-Gabe

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter C Davis [mailto:peter.davis@neustar.biz]
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 8:23 AM
> To: OASIS XRI
> Subject: [xri] Version enclosures
> 
> 
> as indicated in the draft strawmanas an issue 
> xri://(http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/xri/downlo
> ad.php/1614/xri-unified-strawman-draft-05.pdf)[:0.5#line122)
> 
>     "[ISSUE: Using parentheses for versioning complicates 
> things since 
> parentheses are also used for
>      cross-references.]"
> 
> I would like to suggest that we replace the "(",")" enclosure 
> with "[]" 
> (square brace), as it is the most visually distinct character 
> from "()". 
> This releases the ambiguity of the reader somewhat (knowing 
> immediuately 
> whether one is referencing a version of an object or a reference to 
> it).  Important when one must make reference to an authority, rather 
> than a "copy" on other non-authoratative source.
> 
> appologies if this was intentially left for further 
> discussion later.  I 
> have been a bit "unplugged" recently :-(
> 
> --- peterd
> 
>