[AVRO-3436] [Spec] Clarify which names are allowed to be qualified with namespaces

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.11.1
• Component/s: spec
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Oscar Westra van Holthe - Kind
• Reporter: Ryan Skraba
• Created: 07/Mar/22 17:10
• Updated: 21/Jun/22 18:00
• Resolved: 21/Jun/22 17:59

Description

The doc specifies that

the name portion of a fullname, record field names, and enum symbols must match [an alphanumeric regex without periods]

https://github.com/apache/avro/blob/release-1.11.0/doc/src/content/xdocs/spec.xml#L277-L282

At first glance this could be read to imply that record field names and enum symbols have a "name portion" or that they could be fully qualified with a namespace, which is not the case.

It would be simple and clear to specify that they are unqualified names at the definition of a field or enum symbol, as well as word this differently.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1587