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Thomas B. Passin scripsit: > So the default namespace allows you to convert a document to having a > namespace with minimal pain and breakage. If you look at it that way, it is > a means for handling legacy markup, and no one has to use it for new work. Well, that is one application of the default namespace. But I would get very tired of creating new mono-namespace (or nearly so) documents without this particular minimization. -- John Cowan jcowan@r... www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan Consider the matter of Analytic Philosophy. Dennett and Bennett are well-known. Dennett rarely or never cites Bennett, so Bennett rarely or never cites Dennett. There is also one Dummett. By their works shall ye know them. However, just as no trinities have fourth persons (Zeppo Marx notwithstanding), Bummett is hardly known by his works. Indeed, Bummett does not exist. It is part of the function of this and other e-mail messages, therefore, to do what they can to create him.
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