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The namespaces specification is about telling names apart. There may be semantics associate with the names, and in that case, distinguishing names is a precondition of distinguishing semantics. -----Original Message----- From: Don Park [mailto:donpark@d...] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 3:20 PM To: xml-dev@i... Subject: RE: The per-element-type namespace partition >That disclaimer aside, I recall that a major part of the >motivation for the distinction was the desire to allow for >"global attributes," where a qualified attribute such as >"foo:href" could have a definition and meaning independent >of the element within which it appeared, and at the same time >continue the current practice fostered by DTDs in which an >unqualified attribute may have a definition and meaning local >to the enclosing element. But namespaces are not about semantics but about avoiding name clashes. In other words, the namespace spec is about telling 'foo:href' apart from 'html:href' and not about what 'foo:href' means within a certain element. Am I mistaken? Best, Don Park - mailto:donpark@d... Docuverse - http://www.docuverse.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 unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; unsubscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...) 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 unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; unsubscribe 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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