Alex,
Good catch. I beleive there is an ISO tech doc 21??? or something -
that references the rules for URNs that OASIS is using.
Small but important issue.
DW.
Alex Yiu wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> In the course of Issue 89 discussion today, Chris Keller mentioned a
> very good point the URI value of the expression language and query
> language.
>
> Currently, http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116 is used as the
> default value of both expression language and query language, which
> represents XPath 1.0.
>
> In order for us to make use of XPath 1.0 within BPEL, the BPEL spec
> needs to define additional semantics for the cross-language bindings.
> Those details are actually specific to BPEL language in a sense.
> Strictly speaking, it is not appropriate to "hijack" the W3C namespace
> for our own use.
>
> Therefore, I suggest to replace the following text in BPEL spec:
>
> The default value for this attribute is XPath 1.0, represented by the
> URI of the XPath 1.0 specification:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116.
>
> with:
>
> The default value for this attribute is:
> "urn:oasis:names:tc:wsbpel:2.0:sublang:xpath1.0", which represents the
> usage of XPath 1.0 within WS-BPEL 2.0. The URI of the corresponding
> XPath 1.0 specification is: http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116.
>
>
> I have done some internet searching on OASIS URN namespace convention.
> Reference:
> http://wayf.internet2.edu/opensaml/java/doc/api/constant-values.html
> I believe we still need try to get some official document from OASIS
> on how to use an OASIS-based URN.
>
> Does the above make sense?
> If so, I will open a new issue.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Regards,
> Alex Yiu
>
>
