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james anderson writes: > The difference between XML proper and "Namespaces in XML" is that > while XMLdescribes a code, for which the BNF suffices, the > namespace spec deals exactly with the relation between the encoded > representation and another domain. If there were a formal > description of this relation, then it would easier to understand, > easier to check for completeness and correctness and, ultimately, > easier to produce a conforming implementation. I'm not certain that this is exactly right. "Namespaces in XML" describes a naming scheme that can enable a relation between the encoded representation and another domain, but it specifies neither the relation nor the other domain. I'm going to try a very simple exposition in a separate message. All the best, David -- David Megginson david@m... http://www.megginson.com/ 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/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 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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