Reinhard Pötz <reinhard <at> apache.org> writes: > >> XML NAMESPACES > >> -------------------------------
> >> Since I don't see how version numbers could help, I propose > > > > Don't these version numbers just help in the same way as versioned jars > > help? It's possible to signal additional functionality or > > incompatibilities. Just look at the Spring framework. > > We did look at the Spring framework and they don't use versioned > namespaces, e.g. http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans, but only > versioned XSDs. Oh, I'm sorry I had XSDs in mind when you wrote about namespaces. So please ignore my last mail. > IMO versioned XSDs are all you need to signal additional functionality > or incompatibilities. I agree. So +1 one for your proposal. Joerg