[jsr-314-open] [JSF 2.1 NEW] composite component namespace simplification

[Dan Allen]

Oops, I was getting my URLs and URNs mixed up. Thanks for the correction.

I'm torn. The fewer characters do make it easier for my brain to remember
and also gives an indication that the namespace is somehow different. I
don't think it would hurt as an alternative syntax. Those who prefer URLs
can just stick with them. Depends on whether we want to introduce this
variance, and thus one more thing to explain.

Another option would be to allow users to alias one namespace to another so
they can control how covenient it is. Just brainstorming.

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On Dec 8, 2009 7:06 AM, "Pete Muir" <pmuir at redhat.com> wrote:

I would argue against this, on the basis of learnability. Anyone who has
used XML schema immediately understands the current scheme and can transfer
their domain knowledge about XML across. David's proposed syntax is a
complete deviation from the standard. Dan's is a bit better, as it is a
valid URI [1], but it still isn't a URN [2].

To make it a valid URN (which arguably this should have been in the first
place ;-), it could be:

urn:faces:components:util

But is that really more readable? Perhaps my brain is just addled by URLs
;-)

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI_scheme#Generic_syntax
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Name#URN_Syntax

On 7 Dec 2009, at 22:07, Dan Allen wrote: > I like the idea, but I'm
wondering if we can still ret...
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