[XML-SIG] Value of namespaces (was RE: [XML-SIG] IPC7 results)

Wes Rishel wes@rishel.com
Mon, 16 Nov 1998 19:24:34 -0800


> -----Original Message-----
> >So with namespaces, it would be possible to exchange
> >or convert data from other hospitals that use
> >differently defined "*-person-data" structures.
>
>
> Yes, but this is not what the original poster said he was using namespaces
> for. His example had a context sensitive content model within the one DTD.
>

Actually it is a large set of DTDs that will continue to evolve over the
years. There are about 110 classes in the information model; the various
permutations of them that would constitute the informatin structure for a
single DTD runs to a much higher.

W