Regarding the XML schema in appendix B:
IMO it is "cleaner" for dublincore.org to design its schemas with the
default namespace the same as the target namespace.
There is no absolute right answer on this one, but working in the UK Govt
interoperability framework we have found that this is a good consistent
approach - and since dc is about open interoperability too, the same will
probably apply.
In addition, explicitly importing the xml schema and schema for schemas is
over the top - schema tools have implicit access to these, and using
explicit "import" is likely to lead to performance problems for users of the
schema.
Ann Wrightson
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