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Bug 6859 - Clarify status of normative references
Summary: Clarify status of normative references
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: XML Schema
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Datatypes: XSD Part 2 (show other bugs)
Version: 1.0 only
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Ezell
QA Contact: XML Schema comments list
URL: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/p...
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Keywords: decided
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Reported: 2009-05-01 15:44 UTC by Henry S. Thompson
Modified: 2009-06-12 16:00 UTC (History)
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Description Henry S. Thompson 2009-05-01 15:44:35 UTC 
The status quo admits of an interpretation forbidding implementations from implementing new editions of normatively referenced specifications, e.g. XML 1.0 5e.  This is wrong, and we should fix it.  It matters to our colleagues in ISO.

[Note: this bug filed against Datatypes, but it applies to Structures as well]
Comment 1 David Ezell 2009-06-12 15:56:16 UTC 
Note from SG:
<Sandy> [On 2009-05-01 RESOLUTION: a) issue an erratum b) instruct the editors to prepare wording such that the references will not be updated, that the short name will not include the edition. 
<Sandy> ... and in general the floor will be left alone and the ceiling raised. Like the change to 1.1]