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 +====== Namespace ======
  
 +[[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:start|Go to Terms and Definitions]]
 +
 +===== Discussion =====
 +
 +A Namespace establishes a scope within which names or identifiers are interpreted and distinguished from other names or identifiers.
 +
 +Namespaces allow independently governed naming systems to use the same local names without creating ambiguity or collision.
 +
 +A Namespace may be associated with an organization, Domain, specification, vocabulary, schema, information model, service, or other governed naming context.
 +
 +For example, two independently governed Domains may each define an object named:
 +
 +><code>
 +Test-001
 +</code>
 +
 +When each name occurs within a different Namespace, the two objects remain distinguishable.
 +
 +Namespaces are especially important in distributed systems because naming authorities may operate independently and without centralized coordination.
 +
 +A Namespace may also establish governance over:
 +
 +  * who may assign names within the Namespace
 +  * naming conventions
 +  * uniqueness requirements
 +  * persistence requirements
 +  * subordinate Namespaces
 +  * resolution or interpretation rules
 +
 +The conceptual Namespace does not prescribe how the Namespace is represented. A Namespace may subsequently be represented using a URI, identifier, hierarchical name, or another logical representation.
 +
 +===== Definition =====
 +
 +//a governed scope within which names or identifiers are interpreted and distinguished//
 +
 +===== Note =====
 +
 +A Namespace provides naming scope. It does not, by itself, identify the thing named within that scope.
 +
 +The combination of a Namespace and a name or identifier may provide an identity that is distinguishable from the same name or identifier used within another Namespace.
 +
 +A Namespace is conceptually independent of the logical notation used to represent it.
 +
 +===== Example =====
 +
 +Two Domains may independently define:
 +
 +><code>
 +Test-001
 +</code>
 +
 +Using different Namespaces allows the identifiers to remain distinguishable:
 +
 +><code>
 +Domain-A / Test-001
 +Domain-B / Test-001
 +</code>
 +
 +The notation shown is illustrative and does not prescribe a logical Namespace representation.
 +
 +----
 +
 +<WRAP centeralign>
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 +</WRAP>