Hey Guy,
Thanks for these comments. I think we all need understand how critically we depend on these schemas (wsdls, the same way) and how disruptive changes can be.
On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Guy Rixon wrote:
> I'm not keen on "backward-compatible" changes because I always distrust the
> compatibilty, especially with respect to Java-binding tools.
Wise. Once we officially switch over, we'll have to be more disciplined about what changes we allow.
> I guess it comes down to whether a schema is official published or not: fluid
> util published, frozen afterwards. That's why Kevin and I were asking whether
> VOResource-1.0 was published yet. Can we, in future, be clear about which
> exposed schemata are fluid and which are likely to change (e.g. a comment in
> the schema text)?
Good idea. (I've been feeling an IVOA Note coming on in recent months regarding this subject.)
cheers,
Ray
Received on 2006-11-22Z16:45:44