Re: [Mged-mage] Versions of MAGE and MAGE-ML

[Jason S. <jas...@gm...>]

Hi Valerie,

On 6/29/06, Valerie Wagner <val...@sr...> wrote:
>
> Hello folks,
>
> We are currently working on integrating MAGE into the BioWarehouse
> (relational bioinformatics database).
>
> I have a few questions about the versions of MAGE and MAGE-ML:
>
> 1.  I don't see any element or attribute in MAGE-ML that would indicate
> which version the XML instance is (1.0 or 1.1), other than if the XML
> file happens to reference a MAGE-ML DTD with a version number in it.  Is
> there any simple way to determine which version of MAGE-ML a given XML
> file is?
>

Beyond what Michael said, it is an *error* not to reference the
DOCTYPE in a MAGE-ML file. The entire purpose of creating the DTD was
so that people like yourselves can validate what they get - without
the DOCTYPE there can be no validation.

> 2. Similarly, I don't see any indicate in the MAGE-ML.DTD document that
> indicates what version it is.  I've see both version 1.0 and 1.1 of the
> DTD given the same name "MAGE-ML.dtd" and I don't see any comment inside
> these files that indicates which version they are.  Shouldn't at least a
> comment be added to the DTDs to indicate what version they are?
> Preferably, the XML files would also indicate which version of MAGE-ML
> they are.
>

Michael, isn't this a 100% backwards compatible idea that would make
life easier for people? Is this change possible? I mean clearly the
version that we distribute from the MGED site could be modified, but
can the *official* version at the OMG be modified like this?

Cheers, jas.