ISSUE-41

XMLVersioning-41

What are good practices for designing extensible XMLlanguages and for handling versioning?

State:

OPEN

Product:

Versioning Finding: terminology

Raised by:

Tim Berners-Lee

Opened on:

2003-06-27

Description:

What are good practices for designing extensible XML languages and for handling versioning?
 

Related Actions Items:

• ACTION-4 on Dan Connolly to Review definitions of partial understanding, backward compatible, and forward compatible - due 2007-09-06, closed
• ACTION-15 on Henry S. Thompson to Review XHTML Modularization (http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-xhtml-modularization-20060705/) - due 2007-09-17, closed
• ACTION-16 on David Orchard to Incorporate the NVDL text into the findings. - due 2008-05-15, open
• ACTION-27 on Dan Connolly to ask Mimasa and Mark Birbeck about feasability of using substitution groups in XHTML modularization, cc public-xml-versioning - due 2007-09-06, closed
• ACTION-28 on Noah Mendelsohn to draft a blog item for review and, pending creation of a TAG blog mechanism, post it. - due 2007-09-06, closed
• ACTION-29 on Noah Mendelsohn to write up his paper comments on extensibility and versioning - due 2007-06-29, closed
• ACTION-35 on Stuart Williams to complete review of terminology section of of 4 July versioning draft - due 2007-09-13, closed
• ACTION-37 on David Orchard to update all 3 documents in versioning finding - due 2007-08-24, closed
• ACTION-38 on Norman Walsh to review the XML part again - due 2008-02-14, closed
• ACTION-48 on Henry S. Thompson to Produce an exemplary implementation of XHTML Modularization using substitution groups for both bottom-up extensibility and top-down modularity - due 2007-10-12, closed
• ACTION-51 on David Orchard to And Dan work together to articulate the story that the TAG wants to tell. - due 2007-10-04, closed
• ACTION-68 on David Orchard to to draft an update for 25 Oct 2007 - due 2007-10-25, closed
• ACTION-73 on Henry S. Thompson to Contact the XHTML 2 WG about the fact that the TAG has been experimenting with modularisation - due 2007-11-30, closed
• ACTION-107 on Dan Connolly to Review compatibility-strategies section 3 (soon) and 5 for May/Bristol - due 2008-05-15, closed
• ACTION-108 on Ashok Malhotra to Review compatibility-strategies section 2, 4 a week after DO signals review - due 2008-04-04, closed
• ACTION-109 on T.V. Raman to Review compatibility-strategies section 3, 4, 5 due 2008-04-10 - due 2008-04-04, pending review
• ACTION-110 on Norman Walsh to Review compatibility-strategies section 3, 4, 5 - due 2008-04-04, closed
• ACTION-111 on David Orchard to Revise version of compatibility strategies document by next telecon (13 march) - due 2008-03-13, closed
• ACTION-112 on Noah Mendelsohn to Review compatibility strategies section 2 due 2008-04-04 - due 2008-05-15, closed
• ACTION-133 on David Orchard to Ask raman what he thinks should be done wrt css versioning - due 2008-04-17, open
• ACTION-140 on David Orchard to Revise strategies part of XML Versioning finding by 13 May 2008 - due 2008-05-08, closed
• ACTION-146 on Norman Walsh to Review 2008-05-13 versioning draft - due 2008-05-26, open
• ACTION-147 on Noah Mendelsohn to Review 2008-05-13 versioning draft - due 2008-06-07, pending review
• ACTION-148 on Jonathan Rees to See if he can develop a formal basis for the definition of extensibility, possibly includiing definitions of forwards/backwards compatibility - due 2008-05-26, closed
• ACTION-149 on Henry S. Thompson to Henry to help Jonathan with ACTION-148 and ACTION-158 - due 2008-05-26, closed
• ACTION-158 on Jonathan Rees to Write up thoughts on versioning and share with the group - due 2008-05-28, pending review
• ACTION-159 on David Orchard to Update compatibility strategies document in response to f2f discussion - due 2008-05-28, open

Related emails:

1. TAG Weekly Telcon Agenda: Proposed Wiget URI Scheme; UrnsAndRegistries-50;XMLVersioning-41;Issues and Action item review. (from skw@hp.com on 2008-06-25)
2. TAG Telcon Agenda: 19th June 2008: New Items? (Widgets URI Scheme); scalabilityOfURIAccess-38; XMLVersioning-41;tagSoupIntegration-54;Action Item Review (from skw@hp.com on 2008-06-18)
3. TAG Telcon Agenda: 12th June 2008: namespaceDocument-8;passwordInTheClear-52;tagSoupIntegration-54;UrnsAndRegistries-50;XMLVersioning-41 (from skw@hp.com on 2008-06-11)
4. Re: Draft minutes for TAG f2f, 19 May (from ht@inf.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson) on 2008-06-05)
5. RE: Alternative language versioning formalism (from marc@marcdegraauw.com on 2008-06-05)
6. TAG Telcon Agenda for 5th June 2008: UrnsAndregistries-50; tagSoupIntegration-54;passwordsInTheClear-52; XMLVersioning-41 (from skw@hp.com on 2008-06-04)
7. RE: Alternative language versioning formalism (from skw@hp.com on 2008-05-29)
8. TAG Telcon Agenda for 29th May 2008: UrnsAndRegistries-50; passwordInTheClear-52; tagSoupIntegration-54; XMLVersioning-41 (from skw@hp.com on 2008-05-28)
9. Alternative language versioning formalism (from jar@creativecommons.org on 2008-05-27)
10. TAG Telcon Agenda: 10th April 2008: XMLVersioning-41; passwordsInTheClear-52;tagSoupIntegration-54;UrnsAndRegistries-50 (from skw@hp.com on 2008-04-09)
11. RE: Updated versioning strategies doc [XMLVersioning-41 ISSUE-41] (from dorchard@bea.com on 2007-11-05)
12. RE: Updated versioning strategies doc [XMLVersioning-41 ISSUE-41] (from marc@marcdegraauw.com on 2007-11-05)
13. RE: Updated versioning strategies doc [XMLVersioning-41 ISSUE-41] (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2007-11-02)
14. TAG Telcon Agenda for 1st November 2007. (from skw@hp.com on 2007-11-01)
15. RE: Updated versioning strategies doc [XMLVersioning-41 ISSUE-41] (from dorchard@bea.com on 2007-10-26)
16. RE: TAG Tecon Agenda: 25th October 2007: abbreviatedURI-56; XMLVersioning-41 (XHTHML Modularisation); IRIEverywhere-27;httpRedirections-57 (from dorchard@bea.com on 2007-10-24)
17. TAG Tecon Agenda: 25th October 2007: abbreviatedURI-56; XMLVersioning-41 (XHTHML Modularisation); IRIEverywhere-27;httpRedirections-57 (from skw@hp.com on 2007-10-23)
18. Re: Updated versioning strategies doc [XMLVersioning-41 ISSUE-41] (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2007-10-16)
19. TAG Telcon Agenda: 13th Oct 2007: httpRedirections-57, namespaceDocument-8, Mobile Ajax Workshop, XMLVersioning-41 (from skw@hp.com on 2007-10-10)
20. Draft minutes from TAG telcon 4th October 2008. (from skw@hp.com on 2007-10-09)
21. RE: Updated versioning strategies doc [XMLVersioning-41 ISSUE-41] (from marc@marcdegraauw.com on 2007-10-05)
22. TAG meeting 17-19 Sep in Southampton: minutes/summary (from connolly@w3.org on 2007-10-04)
23. Re: Updated versioning strategies doc [XMLVersioning-41 ISSUE-41] (from connolly@w3.org on 2007-10-04)
24. TAG Telcon Agenda for 4th October 2007: binaryXML-30; XMLVersioning-41; httpRedirections-57 (from skw@hp.com on 2007-10-04)
25. RE: TAG telcon Agenda for 27th September 2007: [TechPlenary; binaryXML-28; XMLVersioning-41] (from dorchard@bea.com on 2007-09-26)
26. TAG telcon Agenda for 27th September 2007: [TechPlenary; binaryXML-28; XMLVersioning-41] (from skw@hp.com on 2007-09-26)
27. RE: definition of forward compatible/backward compatible still an open problem [XMLVersioning-41 ISSUE-41] (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2007-09-17)
28. RE: definition of forward compatible/backward compatible still an open problem [XMLVersioning-41 ISSUE-41] (from dorchard@bea.com on 2007-09-17)
29. RE: definition of forward compatible/backward compatible still an open problem [XMLVersioning-41 ISSUE-41] (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2007-09-17)
30. minutes TAG weekly 13 Sep for review: contentTypeOverride-24, XMLVersioning-41 (from connolly@w3.org on 2007-09-13)
31. RE: definition of forward compatible/backward compatible still an open problem [XMLVersioning-41 ISSUE-41] (from marc@marcdegraauw.com on 2007-09-12)
32. TAG Telcon Agenda: 13th September 2007: [XMLVersioning-41; UrnsAndRegistries-50; contenttypeOverride-24; abbreviatedURIs-56] (from skw@hp.com on 2007-09-11)
33. RE: TAG Minutes for 6 Sep 2007 (from skw@hp.com on 2007-09-11)
34. RE: definition of forward compatible/backward compatible still an open problem [XMLVersioning-41 ISSUE-41] (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2007-09-11)
35. TAG Minutes for 6 Sep 2007 (from ndw@nwalsh.com on 2007-09-06)
36. RE: TAG Weekly Telcon Agenda for 6th September 2007: tagSoupIntegration-54; namespaceDocument-8; XMLVersioning-41 (from dorchard@bea.com on 2007-09-06)
37. RE: TAG Weekly Telcon Agenda for 6th September 2007: tagSoupIntegration-54; namespaceDocument-8; XMLVersioning-41 (from skw@hp.com on 2007-09-05)
38. Re: TAG Weekly Telcon Agenda for 6th September 2007: tagSoupIntegration-54; namespaceDocument-8; XMLVersioning-41 (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2007-09-05)
39. TAG Weekly Telcon Agenda for 6th September 2007: tagSoupIntegration-54; namespaceDocument-8; XMLVersioning-41 (from skw@hp.com on 2007-09-05)
40. RE: definition of forward compatible/backward compatible still an open problem [XMLVersioning-41 ISSUE-41] (from connolly@w3.org on 2007-09-04)
41. Re: Draft Agenda for TAG F2F 17-19th September 2007 at University of Southampton (from noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com on 2007-09-04)
42. Draft Agenda for TAG F2F 17-19th September 2007 at University of Southampton (from skw@hp.com on 2007-09-04)
43. lots of SMIL namespaces, revisited [XMLVersioning-41 / ISSUE-41] (from connolly@w3.org on 2007-08-31)
44. RE: definition of forward compatible/backward compatible still an open problem [XMLVersioning-41 ISSUE-41] (from marc@marcdegraauw.com on 2007-08-29)
45. RE: definition of forward compatible/backward compatible still an open problem [XMLVersioning-41 ISSUE-41] (from connolly@w3.org on 2007-08-24)
46. RE: definition of forward compatible/backward compatible still an open problem [XMLVersioning-41 ISSUE-41] (from dorchard@bea.com on 2007-08-24)
47. definition of forward compatible/backward compatible still an open problem [XMLVersioning-41 ISSUE-41] (from connolly@w3.org on 2007-08-24)
48. TAG in Mountain View (from on 2007-05-31)
49. TAG in Mountain View (from on 2007-05-31)
50. TAG in Mountain View (from on 2007-05-31)
51. TAG in Mountain View (from on 2007-05-30)
52. W3C Technical Architecture Group Face to Face Meeting - 30 May 2007 (Wednesday) (from on 2007-05-30)
53. W3C Technical Architecture Group Face to Face Meeting - 30 May 2007 (Wednesday) (from on 2007-05-30)
54. Long-ago discussion of schema-based approaches to versioning (from Henry S. Thompson on 2007-05-21)
55. Updated Versioning finding(s) available (from David Orchard on 2007-05-17)
56. TAG Weekly Telcon (from on 2007-05-14)
57. TAG Weekly Telcon (from on 2007-05-14)
58. TAG Weekly Telcon (from on 2007-05-14)
59. TAG Weekly Telcon - 30th April 2007 (from on 2007-04-30)
60. W3C TAG Teleconference - 23 April 2007 (from on 2007-04-23)
61. W3C TAG Teleconference - 23 April 2007 (from on 2007-04-23)
62. W3C TAG Teleconference - 23 April 2007 (from on 2007-04-23)
63. W3C TAG Teleconference - 23 April 2007 (from on 2007-04-23)
64. Technical Architecture Group (from on 2007-04-16)
65. TAG f2f (from on 2006-12-12)
66. TAG f2f (from on 2006-12-12)
67. TAG f2f (from on 2006-12-12)
68. TAG F2F 5 October 2006 Afternoon (from on 2006-10-05)
69. TAG F2F 5 October 2006 Afternoon (from on 2006-10-05)
70. TAG F2F 5 October 2006 Afternoon (from on 2006-10-05)
71. TAG F2F 5 October 2006 Afternoon (from on 2006-10-05)
72. TAG F2F 5 October 2006 Afternoon (from on 2006-10-05)
73. TAG F2F (Morning) (from on 2006-10-05)
74. TAG in Vancouver (from on 2006-10-04)
75. TAG Weekly (from on 2006-09-05)
76. (from on 2006-08-29)
77. TAG Teleconference of 8 August 2006 (from on 2006-08-08)
78. TAG Teleconference of 8 August 2006 (from on 2006-08-08)
79. TAG telcon (from on 2006-07-25)
80. TAG (from on 2006-07-18)
81. TAG F2F 5 October 2006 Afternoon (from on 2006-06-12)
82. TAG in Amherst (from on 2006-06-12)
83. TAG in Amherst (from on 2006-06-12)
84. TAG in Amherst (from on 2006-06-12)
85. TAG in Amherst (from on 2006-06-12)
86. Tag F2f 3 March 2006 (from on 2006-03-03)
87. Tag F2f 3 March 2006 (from on 2006-03-03)
88. Tag F2f 3 March 2006 (from on 2006-03-03)
89. TAG F2F Minutes, Mandelieu (from on 2006-02-27)
90. TAG (from on 2006-02-21)
91. TAG (from on 2006-02-21)
92. Re: terminology section and diagram for ext/versioning (from Dan Connolly on 2006-02-14)
93. TAG Weekly (from on 2006-02-14)
94. TAG Weekly (from on 2006-02-14)
95. (from on 2005-12-05)
96. TAG face-to-face meeting, 5-6 December 2005 (from on 2005-12-05)
97. TAG Weekly (from on 2005-11-08)
98. TAG weekly teleconference (from on 2005-10-04)
99. TAG f2f, Edinburgh (from on 2005-09-22)
100. TAG f2f, Edinburgh (from on 2005-09-22)
101. TAG f2f, Edinburgh (from on 2005-09-22)
102. TAG f2f, Edinburgh (from on 2005-09-22)
103. TAG f2f, Edinburgh (from on 2005-09-22)
104. TAG in Edinburgh 21 Sep (from on 2005-09-21)
105. (from on 2005-03-03)
106. TAG Teleconference, February 14, 2005 (from on 2005-02-14)
107. Minutes of 12-14 May 2004 TAG FTF meeting in Boston (from on 2004-05-14)
108. Minutes of 12-14 May 2004 TAG FTF meeting in Boston (from on 2004-05-14)
109. Minutes of 15-17 November 2003 TAG face-to-face meeting in Shin-Yokohama, Japan (from on 2003-11-15)
110. Minutes of 15-17 November 2003 TAG face-to-face meeting in Shin-Yokohama, Japan (from on 2003-11-15)
111. Minutes of 10 November 2003 TAG teleconference (from on 2003-11-10)
112. Minutes of 10 November 2003 TAG teleconference (from on 2003-11-10)
113. Minutes of 10 November 2003 TAG teleconference (from on 2003-11-10)
114. Minutes of 3 November 2003 TAG teleconference (from on 2003-11-03)
115. Minutes of 3 November 2003 TAG teleconference (from on 2003-11-03)
116. Minutes of 3 November 2003 TAG teleconference (from on 2003-11-03)
117. Minutes of 14 July 2003 TAG teleconference (from on 2003-07-14)
118. Section 3.2.2.4 text on extensibilty (from David Orchard on 2003-06-27)
119. Minutes of 2 March 2004 TAG FTF meeting in Cannes-Mandelieu (France) and WG Liaisons (from on 2003-03-02)

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