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In a message dated 20/08/2002 13:43:45 GMT Daylight Time, amyzing@t... writes:


In order to do so, one of the things that we repeat, ad
nauseam, is that namespace declarations are not attributes. 


Amy,

I hesitate to comment on this having twice had my knuckles rapped this week - by Tim Bray and Norman Walsh - for believing what a W3C Rec states... :) ... but the Namespace in XML Recommendation seems to say the opposite to what you "repeat, ad nauseam":

<quote_from_Chapter2>
A namespace is declared using a family of reserved attributes. Such an attribute's name must either be xmlns or have xmlns: as a prefix.
</quote_from_Chapter2>

It seems to me that namespace declarations are attributes.

Isn't XML terminology wonderful? <grin/> ... Maybe we can share a bottle of knuckle salve? :)

Regards

Andrew Watt

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