Re: [PHP-XML-DEV] [domxml] namespaces / exception / extensionname

> > - Exceptions: Here again. To use as default or not? W3C Standards rely a
> > lot on Exceptions, so it would be nice to have and Rob summed it up quite
> > right:
> 
> Absolutely exceptions, it is the standard.  When there is a standard for 
> something, it should be followed as closely as possible.  It aids in 
> documentation and understanding when we do that.  If dual development is 
> done, then on php4 errors would be be used.

Well, for the dom stuff - yes.  For the other stuff (related to DOM), we
should use the standard error to exception mapping (I'll be proposing it
to php-dev@ later today).

> Also, are function names going to follow the standard or are they being 
> phpized?  (getElementById or get_element_by_id)  Again, I think the DOM 
> standard should be followed, and not php's standard.
> 

We could do that.  Actually, with ZE2, we could require that case
sensitive names be followed as well.

> 
> > - Extension Name: It looks like domxml5 will be more or less completely
> > uncompatible to domxml4, so you have to port your applications before you
> > can upgrade to PHP5 ('though, it should be possible to write a wrapper in
> > PHP-Userland..). With this in mind, should we really replace the domxml
> > with a new one or just introduce a new, different extension and fade out
> > the old in a later php5 version. This would make upgrading to PHP5 for
> > people using domxml much easier, as they don't have to go through the
> > domxml code immediately.
> 
> use a new name....xmldom, libxml, or just plain dom.

well, its a lot more than dom.  how about just xml, and then have the
different components labeled/properly ns'd (dom, sax, xslt, etc.)

> 
> > Furthermore, domxml is a very misleading name for the whole extension.
> > domxml is not only about DOM stuff, since a long time. It has support for
> > XSLT, XPath, Validation, XInclude, etc... Furthermore libxml2 would allow
> > for implementing more XML stuff like XML Schema/relaxng Validation, SAX,
> > XMLTextReader Interface etc... Therefore IMHO a more generic name would be
> > a "Good Thing".
> > 
> 
> Do an XML (or LIBXML) namespace, and have subnamespaces for each.
> 
> LIBXML_DOM
> LIBXML_SCHEMA
> LIBXSLT
> ...etc...

Kinda.  Not so pretty, but it exists.

-Sterling
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