Re: RE: XML Namespaces, Prefixes & EPP compliance

Hollenbeck, Scott wrote:

>> [...] 
> Not really an EPP violation, but it does sound like a violation of the 
> normative XML references that describe namespace requirements.  I can 
> definitely add something to the specs (probably section 2 of RFC 3730*) to
> make that clear.
> 
> -Scott-
> 
> * This is the paragraph that might be extended:
> 
> "EPP uses XML namespaces to provide an extensible object management 
> framework and to identify schemas required for XML instance parsing and
> validation.  These namespaces and schema definitions are used to identify
> both the base protocol schema and the schemas for managed objects.  The
> specific strings used to associate URIs and namespaces (such as the string
> "foo" in "xmlns:foo") in EPP are illustrative and are not needed for
> interoperability."
> 

Hi Scott,

this sounds a bit too weak to me. I would prefer something like:

... The XML namespace prefixes used in the examples are solely for 
demonstration purposes. A conforming implementation MUST NOT require the use of 
these or any other specific namespace prefixes. ...


regards,

Klaus


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