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<small>David Harland asked me last week if I plan to define XML
namespace in the VCI schema. <br>
I always wanted to discuss that with NRAO designers but somehow never
got to that topic. <br>
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I believe that defining widar namespace is a good idea; many EVLA
subsystems will use the same or similar XML tags (keywords); adding
namespace "widar" will eliminate possible conflicts and confusion. <br>
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For people who are not familiar with XML: namespace is basically a
prefix added to all the XML tags (keywords). For example, if the
namespace is widar, XML tags would look like this:<br>
widar:station<br>
widar:component<br>
widar:activationTrigger<br>
etc.<br>
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If there is no major objections, I will update VCI schema to use
namespace "widar". <br>
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Sonja <br>
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P.S. David, sorry for putting you in the spotlight. <br>
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