Is there a difference between the 2008 and 2009 namespace for Deep Zoom Images?

Question

I noticed that Deep Zoom Composer writes DZIs with a namespace of

http://schemas.microsoft.com/deepzoom/2009

However the official documentation and the only available schema refer to

http://schemas.microsoft.com/deepzoom/2008

XML dictates I cannot treat them as equivalent, although they seem to be. So does anyone know if there is a difference and even better, can point to some documentation?

Is it possible they're typos? Are you able to download XSD schema definitions and diff them? — Dai, Sep 28 '12 at 18:09

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 17 '13 at 22:55

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Talking with the program manager for Seadragon at that time, he believes the only thing that was added was an optional extra tag to support Microsoft's Smooth Streaming server feature. If you're not using Smooth Streaming, the 2008 schema is identical to the 2009 one.

answered Jan 17 '13 at 22:55

iangilman

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Kinda funny that you're ending up giving the answer which was just required for a patch to a project you now maintain ;) – Joey Jan 17 '13 at 23:13
@Joey I suppose so! Just trying to make sure the paper trail is complete. :-) – iangilman Jan 18 '13 at 05:04

Is there a difference between the 2008 and 2009 namespace for Deep Zoom Images?

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