>>> [log in to unmask] 10/20/04 6:01 PM >>> > Let's back up for a moment. The discussion is about whether we can safely > abandon enumerated lists in our schemas (Mods, Mads,...) and instead define > the elements/attributes that define them as AnyURI. (And I think we've > covered the advantages.) Oh, sorry. I thought that was already a done deal, at least for MADS, but looking back at Rebecca Guenther's mail from August 27th I see it was still a "proposed" change. > So the question becomes, "do we"? Absolutely. A URI-based scheme, even if you *did* intend to put restrictions beyond xs:anyURI, could have no less flexibility and descriptive power than the current scheme, and potentially much more. > So, the philosophical question of whether it's better to have a uri that > resovles to something (or, the more abstract question of whether an 'info' > uri may indeed resolve to something or not), I think is out-of-scope. That came from the linked pages, especially: http://info-uri.info/registry/docs/misc/faq.html#usp --Andy