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Subject: Re: [ubl] A Codelist Issue
On 03/11/2004 04:07 PM, Jon.Bosak@Sun.COM wrote: > A note to put this discussion in perspective. > > We did in fact discuss the use of substitution groups and abstract > types for code lists in Washington, and we did come to an > agreement among the people attending that we could live with > making an exception to the NDRs for code lists to allow these but no discussion took place regarding an exception to the rule that types cannot be abstract, which I understand from previous emails is also part of the proposal. > constructs. But we did not have a quorum at that meeting, so that > agreement cannot be considered a real consensus. Arriving at that > consensus is what we're doing now, out on the TC list where > everyone can see it. > > My own position at this point leans toward the views expressed by > Tony and Anne: this approach does look promising, but if we can > get UBL 1.0 done without modifying the rule about substitution > groups to do it and make that decision when we understand its > implications better, then that is what we should do. (As people > who have worked on projects like this with me before will > remember, I consider this always to be the right course of action > in circumstances like these.) > > The two big questions remaining for me right now regarding > substitution groups are these: > > - Is it really true that a future solution that uses substitution > groups will be backward-incompatible with one that does not? > > - Are we introducing a feature that will make the construction of > RNG and ASN.1 versions of the schemas impossible? We chose to > make XSD the normative form for political reasons, but we are > under an obligation to respect ISO and ITU standards as well as > W3C recommendations, and this means not doing anything that > would make those alternatives impossible to construct. > > Jon > > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from the roster of the OASIS TC), go to http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/ubl/members/leave_workgroup.php. > -- Eduardo Gutentag | e-mail: eduardo.gutentag@Sun.COM Web Technologies and Standards | Phone: +1 510 550 4616 x31442 Sun Microsystems Inc. | W3C AC Rep / OASIS BoD
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