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Re: Declaring the XML namespace

• To: james.anderson@s..., "'xml-dev'" <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: Re: Declaring the XML namespace
• From: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@m...>
• Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 11:30:59 -0400
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At 4:28 PM +0200 7/11/02, james anderson wrote:


>i do not understand the prescription, that the "xml" prefix is, by definition,
>bound to "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" to preclude the presense of a
>binding to that effect.

Correct. It is legal to explicitly bind it, though it is not 
necessary to do so.

>furthermore, i read the recommendation as not precluding that the 
>prefix may be
>bound to anything else. whereby cl-xml also accepts
>
>? (parse-document "<doc xmlns:xml='http://www.w3.org/XML/0000/namespace'/>")
>#<DOC-NODE <no uri> #x8C88DFE>
>9
>?
>

Incorrect. This is simply illegal in a namespace well-formed 
document. If cl-xml accepts that, then cl-xml is wrong and should be 
fixed.

>but i suppose opinions may differ.

They may indeed. However, some opinions are right and some are wrong. :-)
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