ISSUE-118

Deprecating Terms or Modifying Terms

State:
RAISED
Product:
VM
Raised by:
Ralph Swick
Opened on:
2008-04-17
Description:
What detailed guidance can we give to designers faced with the question of
whether to create a new namespace name or modify an existing namespace document
when deprecating old vocabulary or modifying the semantics of old vocabulary?
Related emails:
  1. ISSUE-118: Deprecating Terms or Modifying Terms (from dean+cgi@w3.org on 2008-04-17)

Related notes:

2008-04-17: Related: issue 117 "Deprecated Vocabulary" on SKOS http://www.w3.org/2006/07/SWD/track/issues/117

2008-04-17: Related: issue 106 "reuse OWL 1.0 namespace?" on OWL 2 http://www.w3.org/2007/OWL/tracker/issues/106

2008-04-17: See also: issue 109 "What is the namespace for elements and attributes in the XML serialization" on OWL 2 http://www.w3.org/2007/OWL/tracker/issues/109