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 Emmanuil Batsis (Manos) wrote: > Ummmm, sorry if this sounds stupid but why do xmlns declarations have to > be reported as attributes? Why do they have to be reported at all? That was exactly my question. Why are xmlns declarations reported as attributes? XSLT has it right. Bob > All I care as a developer is the namspace of element/attribute nodes and > that information is available on startElement. > > Giving me xmlns as an attribute will complicate my code. > > On the other hand, maybe I need some sleep. > > Cheers, > > Manos > > > > David Megginson wrote: > >> Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote: >> >>> The local name property of the attribute information item for an >>> xmlns attribute is xmlns. The prefix property for the attribute >>> information corresponding to an xmlns attribute has no value. >>> Therefore, when SAX reports these I maintain that the local name >>> should be xmlns, not the empty string. The qualified name should also >>> be xmlns. This is still a showstopper issue, even allowing xmlns >>> attributes into the http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/ namespace. >> >> >> >> OK, people, what do we do here? Here are my opinions: >> >> 1. Anyone who writes an application that actually cares about the >> Namespace assigned to xmlns attributes is f#@$%@#$ed in the head and >> deserves whatever happens. >> >> 2. That said, we still have a responsibility to try to do the right >> thing. If we get it wrong, though, it doesn't matter all that much >> (see #1). >> >> So, bearing all that in mind, what should we report for the following >> Namespace declaration? >> >> <foo xmlns="http://www.example.org/ns#"/> >> >> a) an attribute with no Namespace URI and the local name "xmlns"; >> >> b) an attribute with the Namespace URI "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/" >> and no local name; or >> >> c) an attribute with the Namespace URI "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/" >> and the local name "xmlns". >> >> Note that none of these is a clean solution, probably because >> Namespaces 1.1 is a bit broken. Then again, I doubt it matters much. >> If no one presents a convincing argument, I'll just pick one of the >> three at random. >> >> >> Apathetically yours, >> >> >> David 
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