MSBuild what is meaning of using \2003

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Hi All,
One developer used :
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"

for building msbuild. my question is why he used 2003? if i run on win 2008 r2 then
i need to change it 2008?

any suggestion or answer is appreciated.

Thanks

Posted 11-Jul-12 5:47am

khosnur

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Jul-12 11:54am

Please start your question from the very beginning. Used for what, where? (Yes, I can guess, but why?)
--SA

[no name] 11-Jul-12 11:59am

This make very little sense.

"One developer used"... only one used?
"for building msbuild"... I seriously doubt that.
A little searching goes a long way, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bcxfsh87.aspx

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Jul-12 12:15pm

I can guess what's the confusion, please see my answer.
--SA

khosnur 11-Jul-12 12:07pm

IISManager.proj.
everything is good i am just curious that why it is /2003? is it meaning that it will run on only 2003 not 2008?

[Irrelevant code removed, for the save of readability -- SA]

[no name] 11-Jul-12 12:10pm

Did you bother reading the documentation? The xmlns attribute must have the value of "http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003", http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bcxfsh87.aspx

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Jul-12 12:17pm

It would not help much. OP just needs to understand the purpose of namespaces, the role of the schema and its evolution, etc., just the general ideas. The question is not very adequate, based in illogical assumptions...
--SA

[no name] 11-Jul-12 12:21pm

How can learning to read the documentation not help? 99% of the useless questions on here would just go away if the OPs just learned to read.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Jul-12 12:50pm

I know, I know... You comment so many questions sarcastically this days, and you are usually 100% correct, but you should have become used to the fact that reading does not mean understanding.

This effect is even more pronounced in mathematics: very typically, most beginners get initial experience in reading heavy mathematical texts and that creates a delusion of understanding. The immediate attempt of solving the problem or proving a simple theorem usually breaks that delusion quite dramatically. The catch is: many (I would rather say "majority") never break that barrier in their life, both in mathematics and programming.

The sad fact about it is: in programming, most of them keep doing "programming" never overcoming this understanding barrier, get hired, make a lot of harm but keep "working"... Too bad...
--SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Jul-12 12:20pm

I already answered. Your way of thinking is at least strange. Why would you make such illogical assumption? What on Earth would make you thinking that some year (even if you did not know the role of namespaces) in the URL could tell anything about obsolete data for the products of any following years? How can it ever come to one's mind?
--SA

khosnur 11-Jul-12 12:22pm

Dear Wes,
Thank you very very much to reply. Boss before uploading the question i have already read that article.Because my nature is to google it first. If i don't find then uploaded the question in my favourite site codeproject.

really in that article i don't find any answer about using /2003.
My question is when IISManaer.pros make the batch file Application only run on 2003 server or not? My Server is now win 2008 r2 so should i change the value /2003 to /2008 or not? so that it can run on 2008. Real; situation is my application running on 2003 but not running on 2008.

Any Reply is highly appreciated.
Thanks

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-11T06:09:00

Do you know what is the XML namespace schema? The URI you show is a namespace URI for the MSBuild project file format, which has nothing to do with the version of MSBuild.
Learn a bit about the schema and the namespace and think by yourself: what would happen if the new namespace would be required each time people upgraded the software?

No, developers are not such idiots. The MSBuild schema provides some provisions for extension, and the namespace is designed to be the save pretty much forever, at least for the time the whole technology of build exists and is being developed. The year you can see in the namespace URI is the year when the schema was released. Why would you think it should become obsolete? And the evolution of the schema and to tools is reflected in the attribute ToolsVersion and the elements ProductVersion and SchemaVersion. See some valid project files to get an idea how it looks.

See also:
http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-names11/#concepts[^],
http://www.w3schools.com/schema/schema_intro.asp[^],
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metadata[^].

—SA