comment on VOTable Format Definition v1.09

[Ray Plante]

On Fri, 21 May 2004, Mark Taylor wrote:
> Apologies, I didn't mean to suggest that it was a bad idea to have
> the xsd at the end of the namespace definition UR[IL], just that 
> it wasn't necessary to wait for the document to be in place there
> before that URI could be used to define the VOTable namespace in 
> the [draft] standard.

This is correct.  While VOResource schemas are in development, we use the 
ivoa-based namespace even before it is posted (and just use schemaLocation 
as necessary).  This (hopefully) results in less interruption for the 
prototypers when we move to the phase of a posted working draft.  

BTW, as an example, refer to http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VOResource/v0.9; this 
namespace URI resolves as a URL to the XSD.

On Fri, 21 May 2004, Marco C. Leoni wrote:
> Since we already have v1.0, I've placed a copy of the new
> VOTable-1.1.xsd here:
>     http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VOTable/v1.1

Thanks, Marco.  This is not a big deal, but in the future, we should 
probably not post schemas to the standards area until the schema editor 
makes a specific request.  This allows them to control the vetting a bit 
more and reduce the number of times they have to knock at your door.  

cheers,
Ray