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On 01/10/30 8:23 AM, "Bob Hutchison" <hutch@x...> wrote:
> to a namespace, nobody has to know about anything other than their own
> namespace. I'm a little concerned with the list manipulation requirements
> being place on tools that generate XML -- the contents of an xml:idatt seems
> to be seriously dependent on the document in question, the tools (and
> humans) will have to consider attributes designated by other namespaces.
Perhaps an example of what I'm concerned with.
First a little document:
<a>
<b xml:idatt='idb'>
<bb idb='b1'/>
</b>
</a>
Lets add an element inside of <b>:
<a>
<b xml:idatt='idb'>
<c xml:idatt='idb idc'> <!-- look at what xml:idatt has to be -->
<bb idb='b1'/>
<cc idc='c1'/>
</c>
</b>
</a>
Now, try adding it around <b>:
<a>
<c xml:idatt='idc'>
<b xml:idatt='idb idc'> <!-- you have to change this too -->
<bb idb='b1'/>
</b>
</c>
</a>
Anyway, it is a simple example, but you can imagine what might happen in a
more complex or larger document. I'm afraid this might make it difficult to
edit XML in a standard text editor, or to read and understand XML text.
Cheers,
Bob
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