Jayson, some comments on the NewsML 1.2 XML draft schema.

1/ Version: the pattern on NewsML/@Version limits the value to "1.2". As
NewsML1.2 is a backward compatible evolution of NewsML1.1, shouldn't we allow
both "1.1" and "1.2" as values of this attribute?

2/ all elements are globally defined. For the sake of clarity, it would make
sense define them locally where applicable (eg most AdministrativeMetadata
properties could be locally defined).

3/ comments in XMLSpy (on Windows): due to the Linux origin of the tools you use
I guess, strange square characters (line feeds) appear in the formatted XML
comments in the overview view, beginning with:

============================================================
Attribute Groups
============================================================

I'm sure we would benefit suppressing this pseudo-layout. Most of these comments
are duplicates on the annotations, and add nothing to the readability of the
schema.

4/ At the same level, no line feed is needed in element annotation.

Aside, I'm happy that this schema validates AFP NewsML1 articles without any
problem.

Best regards
Laurent Le Meur
AFP

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : newsml@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newsml@yahoogroups.com] De la part de
> Jayson Lorenzen
> Envoyé : mardi 8 août 2006 17:34
> À : newsml@yahoogroups.com
> Objet : [newsml] NewsML 1.2 XML Schema BETA Release
>
> I am please to announce that the IPTC members have approved the NewsML
> 1.2 XML Schema for release as a BETA version, with the ultimate goal
> of releasing an official version after testing and debugging. As a
> result the NewsML 1 Maintenance Working Party have made a first pass
> at preparing the experimental version of the schema for release as a
> usable schema and posted it to the IPTC website at:
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> http://www.iptc.org/std-dev/NewsML/1.2/specification/
>
> In this directory you will find the schema file and a list of the
> changes made so far.
>
> Members of the NewsML forum are invited to test this schema.
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> Two issues have been already reported by IPTC members:
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> 1) Reported by Takahiro Fujiwara; The DataContent element only allows
> content from any other namespace (namespace="##other") which excludes
> contnet from the NewsML namespace.
>
> 2) Reported by Ken Wolf; The regular expression in the type
> NewsMLDateTime contains an invalid pattern value: [+-]. This creates
> an invalid range and should be replaced with [+\-]
>
>
> Please post additional issues found with this version of the schema
> here in this forum. We will update the schema when there are a
> sufficient number of bugs to warrant an update or reports stop coming in.
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> Jayson Lorenzen
> Business Wire
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