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Re: Looking for an example of a name colliision

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• Subject: Re: Looking for an example of a name colliision
• From: Arjun Ray <aray@n...>
• Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 08:24:48 +0000
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Bill de hÓra <bill@d...> wrote:

| Does anyone have an example of a collision that can only be solved, 
| or even best be solved with XML Namespaces? 

No such beast.  The entire concept is based on the premise that first
contemplating only the name in isolation and then contemplating one's
navel will tell you what to do.

| A neccessary condition is ideal, but examples where namespace 
| represents an optimal design decision will do. 

When you've painted yourself into a corner, would blasting a hole through
the wall for a door be an optimal design decision? ;-)

| I went looking in the Namepsaces spec and found this example and an 
| assertion:
| 
| [[[
| <section><title>Book-Signing Event</title>
| <signing>
|    <author title="Mr" name="Vikram Seth" />
|    <book title="A Suitable Boy" price="$22.95" /></signing>
| <signing>
|    <author title="Dr" name="Oliver Sacks" />
|    <book title="The Island of the Color-Blind" price="$12.95" 
| /></signing>
| </section>
| 
| In this example, there are three occurrences of the name title 
| within markup, and the name alone clearly provides insufficient 
| information to allow correct processing by a software module
| ]]]
| 
| It demonstrates no such thing to me. 

Right.  This passage is an embarassment.  IIRC, the new version of the
spec has eliminated the entire section.

• References:
  • Vocabulary Combination
    • From: Arjun Ray <aray@n...>
  • Re: Vocabulary Combination
    • From: Tim Bray <tbray@t...>
  • Vocabulary Combination and optional namespaces
    • From: Joe Gregorio <joe@b...>
  • Re: Vocabulary Combination and optional namespaces
    • From: "Jonathan Borden" <jonathan@o...>
  • Looking for an example of a name colliision
    • From: Bill de hÓra <bill@d...>

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