[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: Are we ready for the namespace ID registry, yet? (w as: Re
Speaking of reckless recommendations, has anyone previously given thought to namespaces of the form: <np1:root xmlns:np1="http://www.example.com/ns1" xmlns:np2="http://www.example.com/ns2"> <np1:foo/> <np2:bar> <np2:np1:baz/> <!-- this one --> </np2:bar> </np1:root> I know this is disallowed by Namespaces in XML Rec, but to me it could be helpful for the types of namespace mixing pointed out by Arjun Ray awhile back. For the np2:np1:baz element above, the local name baz is interpreted to be qualified by three distinct namespaces: ../ns1, ../ns2, and the hybrid ../ns1|../ns2 (signified by either np1:np2:baz for np2:np1:baz; order of qualification is irrelevant). The point is not to solve the problem of needing some semantic knowledge in order to properly mix two namespaces: some function still needs to know which elements get tagged with both their original namespace and the overarching namespace. But it at least allows just _one_ function to have to know-- the rest can just stupidly parse the qualified names, with awareness of either one or both qualifiers. Just thinking out loud...
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