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From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net> Please do not invent yet another notation to define (or describe?) the language elements, I encourage the Working Group to adobt the notation in the XSLT 1.0 Recommendation, <http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt>. It is more widely known, quite compatible to the current ad-hoc style, and in my experience one of the best notations. Also, there are many instances of this ad-hoc notation in the specification that seem wrong, for example, section 2.5.5 has silentAction roleType="qname? /> which seems to lack a quote mark. Another problem is that e.g. "qname" does not seem to be defined for this "informal" notation, it is thus not well-defined whether this refers to the literal "qname" or a specific non-terminal defined elsewhere.
From meeting on 11-jan-05 http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-ws-chor/2005Jan/att-0002/2005-01- 11_WS-Chor_Notes.txt: Close without fixing has the notation we have used is in WSDL and several OASIS XML specifications. It draws from XML DTD practice and is in relatively commonly used and is self explanatory. It seems the more self-explanatory than the alternative offered.
Bjoern has been informed of the group's decision [1] and we are awaiting confirmation. Category changed to LCC: Closed. [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ws-chor- comments/2005May/0002.html