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Re: Motivations for namespaces (sorry)

• To: Eric van der Vlist <vdv@d...>
• Subject: Re: Motivations for namespaces (sorry)
• From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@b...>
• Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 12:56:06 -0400
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• Organization: BAH
• References: <3.0.6.32.20030709091454.00dd8150@p...> <16140.3589.719083.55307@m...> <004a01c34620$76de16f0$6401a8c0@tbp1> <34294.65.121.82.178.1057763546.squirrel@c...> <3F0C37CA.89CF905F@b...> <34351.65.121.82.178.1057766789.squirrel@c...> <3F0C440A.2C1315EC@b...> <34423.65.121.82.178.1057769142.squirrel@c...>

<Quote>
My point was rather that namespaces alone are not enough to guess what's
the document as a whole is about.
</Quote>

Ah - OK. I just wasn't clear on what you meant by "document type" in
your original response below.

Thanks,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton

Eric van der Vlist wrote:
> 
> Joseph,
> 
> Chiusano Joseph said:
> > Eric,
> >
> > I'm not sure if I correctly interpreted "the combination used to mix
> > the namespaces" in your original response below, but anyway here's an
> > example with generic namespace identifiers/prefixes and elements:
> >
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> > <ns1:MyRootElement
> >    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
> >    xmlns:ns1="http://www.abc.com
> >    xmlns:ns2="http://www.xyz.com
> >    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.abc.com Schema1.xsd
> >                        http://www.xyz.com Schema2.xsd>
> >
> >    <ns1:SomeDate>2001-01-01</ns1:SomeDate>
> >    <ns2:AnotherDate>2001-01-01</ns2:AnotherDate>
> > ...
> > </ns1:MyRootElement>
> 
> I would argue that in this case, what's identifying your "document type"
> is the xsi:schemaLocation more than the namespaces!
> My point was rather that namespaces alone are not enough to guess what's
> the document as a whole is about.
> Eric
> --
> Freelance consulting and training.
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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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  • Re: Motivations for namespaces (sorry)
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