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Type: Improvement
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Status: New
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Priority: Major
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Affects Version/s: V1_WD01
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Fix Version/s: V1_WD01
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Component/s: Profile Local Signature
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Labels:None
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Proposal:
In [Section 7 XML Namespace Identifiers and Namespace Documents of OASIS Naming Directives](http://docs.oasis-open.org/specGuidelines/ndr/namingDirectives.html#xml-namespaces) it says:
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An XML namespace name identified by an HTTP scheme URI reference must conform to the pattern: http://docs.oasis-open.org/[tc-shortname]/ns/xxxx
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and further on some exception to this rule:
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URN-based XML namespaces may be declared by existing TCs that have already used this feature, or by associated Maintenance Activity TCs, where architectural considerations require continued use of URNs. URN-based XML namespaces must not be declared otherwise, since they lack a standard, ubiquitous resolution method using DNS[+HTTP]. In URNs, the colon (":") character is expected.
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Allthough we for sure qualify as existing as well as maintenance activity TC, I suggest using the HTTP schema URI references for namespace declarations in our work products from now on.