[DDI-SRG] Namespaces and standard prefixes
Wendy Thomas
wlt at pop.umn.edu
Mon Feb 18 12:08:37 EST 2008
so in short, you're saying you never read the high level documentatin ;)
On Mon, 18 Feb 2008, Joachim Wackerow wrote:
> You found it! That was the test, if anybody reads the suggestion :) .
> No, just joking. This suggestion can be surely improved.
>
> The issue is not big, but it should be discussed and the agreed solution
> should be in the published version. I know, this is not new. But I did
> always change the prefixes for my instances and realized now that Pascal
> did the same.
>
> Achim
>
> Wendy Thomas wrote:
>> You do realize you have both datacollection and dublincore as dc:
>>
>> I will put this on the agenda but please be aware that we have a number
>> of bugs we have to address and resolve. I guess what I'm asking is how
>> big an issue is this? What Arofan presented is pretty much what has been
>> in the documentation and high level documentation all along.
>>
>> Wendy
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 18 Feb 2008, Joachim Wackerow wrote:
>>
>>> As Pascal I would like to discuss this at Thursday.
>>>
>>> In general the one-letter codes seem to be only meaningful when no other
>>> module exists with the same starting letter. Numbers are never
>>> meaningful for functions, so here another solution should be found.
>>>
>>> An approach with two- or three-letter codes would offer a mnemonic
>>> system which is expandable in future by new modules. The default
>>> prefixes are just a recommendation, but anyway they should be
>>> constructed in a consistent and expandable way.
>>>
>>> A suggestion along this approach would be:
>>>
>>> ddi:archive:3_0_CR3, archive.xsd, "ar:"
>>> ddi:comparative:3_0_CR3, comparative.xsd, "cm:"
>>> ddi:conceptualcomponent:3_0_CR3, conceptualcomponent.xsd, "co:"
>>> ddi:datacollection:3_0_CR3, datacollection.xsd, "dc:"
>>> ddi:dataset:3_0_CR3, dataset.xsd, "ds:"
>>> ddi:dcelements:3_0_CR3, dcelements.xsd, "dc:"
>>> ddi:profile:3_0_CR3, ddiprofile.xsd, "pr:"
>>> ddi:group:3_0_CR3, group.xsd, "gr:"
>>> ddi:physicaldataproduct/ncube/inline:3_0_CR3,
>>> inline_ncube_recordlayout.xsd, "nci:"
>>> ddi:instance:3_0_CR3, instance.xsd, "in:"
>>> ddi:logicalproduct:3_0_CR3, logicalproduct.xsd, "lo:"
>>> ddi:physicaldataproduct/ncube/normal:3_0_CR3, ncube_recordlayout.xsd,
>>> "nc:"
>>> ddi:physicaldataproduct:3_0_CR3, physicaldataproduct.xsd, "pd:"
>>> ddi:physicalinstance:3_0_CR3, physicalinstance.xsd, "pi:"
>>> ddi:physicaldataproduct/proprietary:3_0_Beta,
>>> proprietary_recordlayout.xsd, "pry:"
>>> ddi:reusable:3_0_CR3, reusable.xsd, "re:"
>>> ddi:studyunit:3_0_CR3, studyunit.xsd, "su:"
>>> ddi:physicaldataproduct/ncube/tabular:3_0_CR3,
>>> tabular_ncube_recordlayout.xsd, "nct:"
>>>
>>> Achim
>>>
>>> Wendy Thomas wrote:
>>>> Pascal,
>>>>
>>>> The practice up to this point has been single letters r: l: s: etc. as
>>>> used in the samples and import stateements to date. The use of a letter
>>>> number combination for the BaseRecordLayout substitution groups seems to
>>>> be the most logical in that this is an area where we would expect future
>>>> growth. Trying to provide them all with unique prefixes that relate to
>>>> their names is really not practical. It looks like the other major
>>>> change
>>>> was to use dc for dublincore (which is their standard prefix).
>>>>
>>>> Wendy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 18 Feb 2008, Pascal Heus wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Arofan:
>>>>> for the prefixes, is this your list or an official DDI3 one? I've
>>>>> been of
>>>>> course using a slightly different version. I typically at least use
>>>>> 2 or 3
>>>>> letters (1 is not very explicit) and I'm not particularly for the
>>>>> m1,2,3,4 as
>>>>> it doesn't provide any meaning. Is this something we should discuss
>>>>> Thursday?
>>>>> *P
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> A. G. wrote:
>>>>>> Folks:
>>>>>> Here are module namespaces, filenames, and standard prefixes as
>>>>>> used in
>>>>>> CR3: http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace, xml.xsd, "xml:" (always
>>>>>> inherent
>>>>>> in XML!)
>>>>>> ddi:archive:3_0_CR3, archive.xsd, "a:"
>>>>>> ddi:comparative:3_0_CR3, comparative.xsd, "cm:"
>>>>>> ddi:conceptualcomponent:3_0_CR3, conceptualcomponent.xsd, "c:"
>>>>>> ddi:datacollection:3_0_CR3, datacollection.xsd, "d:"
>>>>>> ddi:dataset:3_0_CR3, dataset.xsd, "ds:"
>>>>>> ddi:dcelements:3_0_CR3, dcelements.xsd, "dc:"
>>>>>> ddi:profile:3_0_CR3, ddiprofile.xsd, "pr:"
>>>>>> ddi:group:3_0_CR3, group.xsd, "g:"
>>>>>> ddi:physicaldataproduct/ncube/inline:3_0_CR3,
>>>>>> inline_ncube_recordlayout.xsd, "m3:"
>>>>>> ddi:instance:3_0_CR3, instance.xsd, "i:"
>>>>>> ddi:logicalproduct:3_0_CR3, logicalproduct.xsd, "l:"
>>>>>> ddi:physicaldataproduct/ncube/normal:3_0_CR3,
>>>>>> ncube_recordlayout.xsd, "m1:"
>>>>>> ddi:physicaldataproduct:3_0_CR3, physicaldataproduct.xsd, "p:"
>>>>>> ddi:physicalinstance:3_0_CR3, physicalinstance.xsd, "pi:"
>>>>>> ddi:physicaldataproduct/proprietary:3_0_Beta,
>>>>>> proprietary_recordlayout.xsd,
>>>>>> "m4:"
>>>>>> ddi:reusable:3_0_CR3, reusable.xsd, "r:"
>>>>>> ddi:studyunit:3_0_CR3, studyunit.xsd, "s:"
>>>>>> ddi:physicaldataproduct/ncube/tabular:3_0_CR3,
>>>>>> tabular_ncube_recordlayout.xsd, "m2:"
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Arofan
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
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Data Access Core Director Fax: +1 612.626.8375
Minnesota Population Center Email: wlt at pop.umn.edu
University of Minnesota
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