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Re: Re: [Sax-devel] Showstopper issue with new Attributetext

• To: Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@e...>
• Subject: Re: Re: [Sax-devel] Showstopper issue with new Attributetext
• From: Bob Foster <bob@o...>
• Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 21:31:48 -0600
• Cc: XML Developers List <xml-dev@l...>,SAX Developers' List <sax-devel@l...>
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Robin Berjon wrote:
> Bob Foster wrote:
>> Am I missing some errata, or is there some complexity-multiplying 
>> going on here? It sure seems like a SAX feature that should be dropped 
>> should not be used to justify contradicting the namespaces 
>> recommendation.
> 
> You are missing an erratum to NS 1.0, and the NS 1.1 spec (as well as 
> DOM 2 which IIRC was the first to cite it).
> 
> See notably:
> 
>   http://www.w3.org/XML/xml-names-19990114-errata
>   (NE05)
> 
>   http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-names11-20040204/#ns-decl
>   (towards the end of section 3)

Thanks. I guess if I were more of a namespace maven I would have known that.

This is the second time today I've run into a case where "errata" were 
used to change a specification materially. (The first involved the use 
of the '-' character unescaped in an XML Schema pattern.) Gotta roll 
with the tide, I guess.

Bob

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  • Re: [Sax-devel] Showstopper issue with new Attribute text
    • From: David Megginson <dmeggin@a...>
  • Re: Re: [Sax-devel] Showstopper issue with new Attribute text
    • From: "Emmanuil Batsis (Manos)" <mbatsis@n...>
  • Re: Re: [Sax-devel] Showstopper issue with new Attributetext
    • From: Bob Foster <bob@o...>
  • Re: Re: [Sax-devel] Showstopper issue with new Attributetext
    • From: Dennis Sosnoski <dms@s...>
  • Re: Re: [Sax-devel] Showstopper issue with new Attributetext
    • From: Bob Foster <bob@o...>
  • Re: Re: [Sax-devel] Showstopper issue with new Attributetext
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