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On 31 Jul 2001 13:06:39 -0700, Ronald Bourret wrote: > I wouldn't blame the namespaces spec for not handling this. The > namespaces spec is quite clear about how to get a universal name: get > the namespace URI from the prefix (or the default) and the local name > from the local name. > > Can you imagine the list of rules to disallow things? > > 1) Don't let unqualified child elements inherit their parents' > namespace, even if that violates our rules about default namespaces. > 2) Don't use the first x characters of the local name to indicate the > namespace. > 3) Don't specify the namespace in an attribute of your own devising. > 4) Don't choose to interpret prefixes on even-numbered days and not > interpret them on odd-numbered days. Of those, only #1 is close to permitted by implementations complying with the spec.
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