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James Robertson wrote: > > At 07:26 31/08/1998, John Cowan wrote: > > | Steve Dahl scripsit: > | > | > From that, I inferred that prefixes are assumed to lack either > | > uniqueness or persistence (or both), or else they could have been used > | > as the namespace name to begin with. This means that it's not impossible > | > that I might have a collision between two different Namespaces being > | > associated with the same prefix. In that case, what would I need to do > | > if I wanted to mix element types from two different DTDs that had the > | > same prefix but which are intended to be bound to different Namespaces? > > | Learn to relax and live without DTDs. The new namespace proposal > | makes them useless anyway, so people are now trying to develop > | various replacements for them. > > Doesn't this statement make people scared?!? > > First off, I still remember Tim Bray's statement at the Sydney > XML conference last year, to the effect that he was worried > that having XML without DTDs was going to cause a lot > of problems down the track. > > More significantly to me, I _want_ DTDs. The whole point > to me, and to a whole lot of other people, is that SGML/XML > enforces consistency of structure. You need a DTD to > ensure that. > agreed. > ... > > Instant legacy data! > > Doesn't this worry _anyone_? > yes. I've already been berated for suggesting that the problem is solved by supporting a binding form with a scope over the dtd, but, since I need the information, that's the path I'm following until the DTD-replacement appears over the horizon. In particular, since the namespace pi is no longer covered by the spec, I understand that I'm free to go ahead and use it as the necessary binding expression. Given it, the DTD-merges are possible and I can get at the default information which I need. xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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