[eml-dev] [Bug 3445] - stmml.xsd non-deterministic

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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3445





------- Comment #4 from mob at icess.ucsb.edu  2008-08-08 16:19 -------
Regarding the change proposed to stmml in comment #3:
this change is not backward compatible with stmml1.0 docs. Removing
<description> from the choice group, means that it is only allowed as the
firstChild of entry, whereas before it could be placed anywhere. 

Keep in mind that to the best of our (well, my) knowledge, EML doesn't use this
part of STMML at all.  This change affects the dictionary/entry tree
(dictionary is another global element). We import the whole schema, but use
only the unitList (also global). However, someone out there could be putting
STMML dictionary trees into EML2.0.1, and those instance docs (if any exist)
would not be valid EML2.1.0. This will be added to the release notes.

Regarding the namespace we use for stmml: Per a discussion on irc with Matt,
we'll use a xmlns="http://www.xml-cml.org/schema/stmml-1.1" to be consistent
with our policy of naming in EML.

I've written to the STMML's devs for their recommendation.