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

[Jeff McKenna]

I would give the community a full 7 days to respond, and if no response 
(response being a volunteer to maintain the file) remove it from the 
repository (it can always be restored later by a champion).  -jeff



On 2021-05-02 10:05 a.m., Steve Lime wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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     indicating it is no longer maintained?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
>>     <mailto: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
>>         <mailto: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
>>             <https://mapserver.org/development/rfc/ms-rfc-133.html>
>>             [2]
>>             https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/commits/main/mapfile.dtd
>>             <https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/commits/main/mapfile.dtd>
>>             [3]
>>             https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/commits/main/xmlmapfile/mapfile.xsd
>>             <https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/commits/main/xmlmapfile/mapfile.xsd>
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