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Tim Bray wrote: > At 02:32 PM 11/5/98 -0800, Steve Harris wrote: > >Reading the Namespaces specification, I've found contradictory examples > >of namespace defaulting. Any input in determining the proper > >interpretation would be greatly appreciated. > > The first example is as follows: > ><?xml version="1.0"?> > > <x xmlns:edi='http://ecommerce.org/schema'> > > <!-- the edi namespace applies to the "x" element and contents --> > ></x> > > Good catch. This comment is erroneous - the namespace only applies > to things that are prefixed "edi", which the "x" element clearly > isn't. I think the comment is correct as it stands, though I agree it could be clearer. Element isn't element tag/GI. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@c... You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5) 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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