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David Carlisle wrote: > If I give you a (dtd) valid, schema valid, well formed, XML document > that conforms to the namespace REC that uses a namespace name that > identifies a resource that isn't a namespace then it is not enough for ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > you to tell me it is abusive you have to say what rule has been broken. Is that possible? The URI identifies a resource, by virtue of being a URI. The URI identifies a namespace, by virtue of being a namespace name. You agreed earlier with Jonathan that: > > What I said. The _namespace_ is the resource, the _namespace name_ is the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > identifier of the resource. Don't conflate the name with the thing. > Yes exactly (we both agree on the premise but appear to disagree on the concl > usion) From this I can only conclude that the URI must identify at least two *different* resources: one which is a namespace and another one which -- as you have asserted -- is not. Is that right? (Of course I don't believe in "namespaces" any more than I believe in "resources", so I don't particularly care how many angels can dance on the head of this pin :-) --Joe English jenglish@f...
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