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Re: Global/Local attributes


Re:  Global/Local attributes

> Then what is the point of having the default namespace?

what's the point of having a namspace prefix of "wibble:"?
there is no point in any particular prefix, there is a point in having a
choice. 


> Yes, that's what the default namespace is.  Of course, that also just
> happens to be the same format for local elements and attributes (what I
> refer to as being in the "document namespace").

It's hard to have a conversation about the namespace spec if you use the
word "namespace" but just define it privately rather than using the
definition in the spec.

> What is the point of having the default namespace?

using short prefixes is not very interesting to machines, but sometimes
useful for humans. "" is particulary good for that and as Thomas (I
think) said it's useful as a way of converting legacy documents (or
legacy authors).

It's a lot easier to tell people to stick xmlns="lkhhglhgl" at the top
of their XHTML file but then write something that looks basically like
html than to tell people to write 
<xhtml:a href="..."  or  <xhtml:a xhtml:href="..." 
all over the place. It doesn't make much difference to the browser
whether "" or "xhtml:" is used but if you are writing the input by hand
it does make a difference.


David

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