Re: XML Schema versioning in 4310bis

Klaus Malorny <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.provreg
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 27/01/10 09:53, Ulrich Wisser wrote:
> Hi,
>
Hi,

> when discussing 4310bis we did focus very much on backward
> compatibility. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. But by making the
> old style rem command optional we break exactly the one thing we were
> aiming for.

Hmm. I am quite sure that the current version of 4310bis allows the processing 
of all valid 4310 requests.

>
> After some discussions with registrars and my colleagues, we came to the
> conclusion that a new URI would be a better solution. The server could
> support both versions of the protocol (and therefor not break old
> clients) and clients would know which interface to use.

Agreed.

>
> If we change the URI, I propose to drop backward compatibility and get
> rid of the old style rem.

This is a valid option, but it throws us back nearly to the beginning of the 
discussion. But if it's worth...

>
> /Ulrich

Regards,

Klaus
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