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> Tim Bray writes: > > And yes, it is obvious that an attribute can draw the bulk of its > > semantic import from the namespace it's in, rather than the context of > > the containing element. Consider > > > > <anyOldElementAtAllIDontCareWhich xml:lang="fr">Bonjour! ... > > Yes, and you've completely missed my point yet again. I'm not arguing > that prefixed attributes should be in the namespace of the element > containing them. I'm arguing that _unprefixed_ attributes should be > treated as if they had the same namespace as the element containing > them. Ah. So Simon and I *are* arguing just the same thing. Cool. We're beginning to be a cabal, Simon. :-) > > There's a technical term for Simon's argument in this case: "wrong". Is there a technical argument to back this up? -- Uche Ogbuji Fourthought, Inc. http://uche.ogbuji.net http://4Suite.org http://fourthought.com Track chair, XML/Web Services One Boston: http://www.xmlconference.com/ Basic XML and RDF techniques for knowledge management, Part 7 - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-think12.html Keeping pace with James Clark - http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-jclark.html Python and XML development using 4Suite, Part 3: 4RDF - http://www-105.ibm.com/developerworks/education.nsf/xml-onlinecourse-bytitle/8A1EA5A2CF4621C386256BBB006F4CEC
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