[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

RE: Motivations for namespaces (sorry)

• To: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@b...>,"Eric van der Vlist" <vdv@d...>
• Subject: RE: Motivations for namespaces (sorry)
• From: "Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@m...>
• Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 09:43:02 -0700
• Cc: <xml-dev@l...>
• Thread-index: AcNGOBI4T91jsrOHSHaITS8fT0soOAAALklg
• Thread-topic: Motivations for namespaces (sorry)

Again, how would that help? Although one can tell what the document type
is from looking at the namespaces used in the document (using prefixes
is such a horrific idea, so I assume you meant using namespaces), this
requires scanning the entire document first and even then may have
problems if some optional namespaced components are missing. 

-- 
PITHY WORDS OF WISDOM 
If the crooks are within pistol range, so are you.


This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights. 

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@b...] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 9:34 AM
> To: Eric van der Vlist
> Cc: xml-dev@l...
> Subject: Re:  Motivations for namespaces (sorry)
> 
> Eric,
> 
> I'm not sure if I correctly interpreted "the combination used 
> to mix the namespaces" in your original response below, but 
> anyway here's an example with generic namespace 
> identifiers/prefixes and elements:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <ns1:MyRootElement
>     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
>     xmlns:ns1="http://www.abc.com
>     xmlns:ns2="http://www.xyz.com
>     xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.abc.com Schema1.xsd
>                         http://www.xyz.com Schema2.xsd>
> 
>     <ns1:SomeDate>2001-01-01</ns1:SomeDate>
>     <ns2:AnotherDate>2001-01-01</ns2:AnotherDate>
> ...
> </ns1:MyRootElement>
> 
> Sorry if I misunderstood you.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Joe Chiusano
> Booz | Allen | Hamilton
> 
> Eric van der Vlist wrote:
> > 
> > Chiusano Joseph said:
> > > <Quote>
> > > there is nothing in a XML document (except maybe its 
> public ID which 
> > > unfortunately mandates a DTD) which describes the 
> combination used 
> > > to mix the namespaces.
> > > </Quote>
> > >
> > > What about a namespace prefix in an XML document?
> > 
> > How could that help?
> > 
> > Eric
> > --
> > Freelance consulting and training.
> >                                             
> > http://dyomedea.com/english/
> > 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------
> > Eric van der Vlist       http://xmlfr.org            
> http://dyomedea.com
> > (W3C) XML Schema ISBN:0-596-00252-1 
> > http://oreilly.com/catalog/xmlschema
> > 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > 
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an 
> > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org>
> > 
> > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/
> > 
> > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription
> > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl>
> 

• Follow-Ups:
  • Re: Motivations for namespaces (sorry)
    • From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@b...>

• Prev by Date: Re: Motivations for namespaces (sorry)
• Next by Date: Re: Motivations for namespaces (sorry)
• Previous by thread: Document Structure Description (DSD)
• Next by thread: Re: Motivations for namespaces (sorry)
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread