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> The registry idea for namespace prefixes is dead on arrival. Just to be clear: I wasn't proposing a registry for namespace prefixes. > But if namespace scoping is the real source of your pain, that could > be eliminated (at least in theory; in practice, I think lots of people > will demand the ability to scope. How else do you slurp up arbitrary > content and shove it into the middle of your document? Why are > you...no, ask a silly question...). You know, I can put up with the occasion slight. It's being slighted on top of misinterpretation that gets irritating. > There's no need for a registry. If namespaces had to be declared on > the root element, for example, or if they were declared in processing > instructions that preceded the root element (then you wouldn't even > need to deal with the hack of psuedo-attributes). I'll let others argue, if they wish, on the merits of that proposal.
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