5 Oct
2006
5 Oct
'06
8:54 a.m.
Gilbert Netzer wrote:
So to sum up I think that the XML namespace could be used to mark the version of a UR.
I agree. The point isn't that the namespace changes as such. Instead, the qualified name of the outermost element changes, and it is that which makes the records completely distinguishable. Version attributes are only useful in those cases where the content is changing in some way that isn't covered by existing extensibility, but the outer tag with the version number is *not* changing, and their usefulness is because they allow early rejection of the document (or backend parser adjustment so that the doc can be parsed smoothly). Donal.