http://xmlhack.com/ Developer news from the XML community en-us Edd Dumbill (mailto:webmaster@xmlhack.com) Edd Dumbill (mailto:editor@xmlhack.com) Copyright 1999-2001, xmlhack team. http://xmlhack.com/images/mynetscape88.gif http://xmlhack.com News, opinions, tips and issues concerning XML development http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2177 The French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) has published a first release (in French) of their identification and classification XML datatypes as a RDDL repository. Namespaces Community http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1841 On behalf of the W3C TAG, Tim Bray asked the XML community for examples of what documentation at the end of a namespace should look like, using RDDL (Resource Directory Description Language) as a starting point. Several interesting alternatives have been proposed. Namespaces XML http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1808 Larry Masinter noted that the IETF has now published RFC 3406, Uniform Resource Names (URN) Namespace Definition Mechanism, as well as RFCs 3401, 3402, 3403 and 3404 on the Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS). IETF Namespaces http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1769 The W3C has released a new Last Call Working Draft of Namespaces in XML 1.1. Namespaces W3C http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1605 Two new drafts detailing the future of XML namespaces, Namespaces in XML 1.1 and Namespaces in XML 1.1 Requirements are now available. Namespaces W3C http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1501 The W3C's Technical Architecture Group (TAG) has commenced formal meetings and mailing list discussion. W3C Namespaces http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1421 The energetic Robin Berjon has commenced development of XML::RDDL, a Perl module for processing the Resource Directory Description Language. Perl Namespaces http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1357 Larry Masinter has published an Internet Draft entitled '"duri" and "tdb": URN Namespaces based on dated URIs'. IETF Namespaces