Incorrect URL in XML used by libvirt to launch instance

[Rahul Sharma]

I launched an instance using Devstack running on QEMU hypervisor. I dumped the XML of VM to see what things are getting configured and found a URL in the XML. The URL points to a page which no longer exists on the openstack.org website. I guess this URL gets embedded in each VM's XML. Though it does nothing (maybe pointing to the syntax used to define XML), and I am interested in this URL. I have filed this bug so that the URL can be corrected or can be removed from the XML. Attached is the full dumpxml. Here is a snippet of it:

  <metadata>
    <nova:instance xmlns:nova="http://openstack.org/xmlns/libvirt/nova/1.0">
      <nova:package version="16.0.0"/>
      <nova:name>ttt</nova:name>

Steps to reproduce:
1. Launch an instance
2. Goto compute node where the instance is running.
3. Do "virsh dumpxml <instance-name>"
4. Check the URL in dumped output.

[Markus Zoeller (markus_z) (mzoeller)]

I don't think that this is a valid bug, as the XML namespace URI is usually not a "real" URI. In Wikipedia you will also find:

    "[...] the namespace specification does not
    require nor suggest that the namespace URI
    be used to retrieve information. [...]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_namespace

FWIW:
The XML metadata in the domain XML got introduced with commit
    https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/bf02f13
The blueprint is this:
    http://specs.openstack.org/openstack/nova-specs/specs/juno/implemented/libvirt-driver-domain-metadata.html

[Markus Zoeller (markus_z) (mzoeller)]

@Rahul: I closed this bug report because of the given explanation in the previous comment. If you disagree with my reasoning, please reopen the bug (== set the status back to 'new').

[Rahul Sharma (rahulsharmaait)]

Thanks @Markus. That makes sense.