[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

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 11:42:02 -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...>

<Quote>
there is nothing in a XML document (except maybe its public ID
which unfortunately mandates a DTD) which describes the combination used
to mix the namespaces.
</Quote>

What about a namespace prefix in an XML document?

Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton

Eric van der Vlist wrote:
> 
> Thomas B. Passin said:
> 
> > The namespace tells immediately which schema is in play.
> 
> No, that's not always as simple.
> 
> There isn't always a schema and even when there is a schema (or more than
> one schema) there is nothing in a XML document (except maybe its public ID
> which unfortunately mandates a DTD) which describes the combination used
> to mix the namespaces.
> If you take a RDF document, the namespace of the document element is
> always the RDF namespace and you must dig almost randomly into the
> document to find its true nature. The situation is hardly better in a
> XHTML document.
> I am not ranting against namespaces, but I think that we need something
> else to describe what I am tempted to call the document type...
> Eric
> 
> --
> Freelance consulting and training.
>                                             http://dyomedea.com/english/
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Eric van der Vlist       http://xmlfr.org            http://dyomedea.com
> (W3C) XML Schema ISBN:0-596-00252-1 http://oreilly.com/catalog/xmlschema
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an
> initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org>
> 
> The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/
> 
> To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription
> manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl>

begin:vcard 
n:Chiusano;Joseph
tel;work:(703) 902-6923
x-mozilla-html:FALSE
url:www.bah.com
org:Booz | Allen | Hamilton;IT Digital Strategies Team
adr:;;8283 Greensboro Drive;McLean;VA;22012;
version:2.1
email;internet:chiusano_joseph@b...
title:Senior Consultant
fn:Joseph M. Chiusano
end:vcard

• Follow-Ups:
  • Re: Motivations for namespaces (sorry)
    • From: "Eric van der Vlist" <vdv@d...>

• References:
  • Motivations for namespaces (sorry)
    • From: Gustaf Liljegren <gustaf.liljegren@b...>
  • re: Motivations for namespaces (sorry)
    • From: David Megginson <david@m...>
  • Re: Motivations for namespaces (sorry)
    • From: "Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@c...>
  • Re: Motivations for namespaces (sorry)
    • From: "Eric van der Vlist" <vdv@d...>

• Prev by Date: RE: XSLT vs. CSS (Re: Indexing)
• Next by Date: Re: Motivations for namespaces (sorry)
• Previous by thread: Re: Motivations for namespaces (sorry)
• Next by thread: Re: Motivations for namespaces (sorry)
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread