[mapserver-dev] mapfile.dtd and mapfile.xsd

[Steve Lime]

IMHO if we're not going to maintain it we might as well remove it. Someone
more knowledgeable than I regarding XML might make the case for maintaining
both. --Steve

On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 4:36 AM Seth G <sethg at geographika.co.uk> wrote:

> Thanks Steve, I won't try and keep this updated.
> Is the preference to remove the file completely or to add a comment
> indicating it is no longer maintained?
> I've posted to the user list to try and gauge the level of XML usage.
>
> Seth
>
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> On Sat, May 1, 2021, at 9:56 PM, Steve Lime wrote:
>
> I didn’t answer your question though and would agree with you that we
> don’t need the dtd.
>
> On Sat, May 1, 2021 at 8:22 AM Steve Lime <sdlime at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm curious if XML mapfiles are used much at all regardless. Would be
> curious to hear from those users.
>
> On Sat, May 1, 2021 at 5:04 AM Seth G <sethg at geographika.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> As part of the Mapfile syntax clean-up in RFC133 there are a couple of
> files that contain lists of keywords:
>
> - mapfile.dtd - only a couple of updates in the last 20 years [2]
> - xmlmapfile/mapfile.xsd - several updates to keep in sync with Mapfle
> keywords [3]
>
> Any thoughts/preferences on what to do with these?
>
> I'd propose to remove mapfile.dtd (I'm unsure if it is still used), and
> update mapfile.xsd with the syntax changes. There are other new keywords
> missing in mapfile.xsd that can be addressed separately.
>
> Seth
>
> [1] https://mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-133.html
> [2] https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/commits/main/mapfile.dtd
> [3]
> https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/commits/main/xmlmapfile/mapfile.xsd
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