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xmlns-uris and namespaces.html

• To: <xml-dev@l...>,<sax-devel@l...>,"David Megginson" <dmeggin@a...>
• Subject: xmlns-uris and namespaces.html
• From: "Jeff Rafter" <lists@j...>
• Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 09:14:43 -0700
• References: <OFDD24500E.63732F3B-ON85256E7C.0078ADEF@c...> <4085BD5B.8070202@a...> <002101c42737$b5e22dc0$0200a8c0@karlglen188>

It loks like the namespaces.html document was patched, but there is still
one line that is possibly incorrect: it is in the bullet list "If namespaces
is true and namespace-prefixes is true, then a SAX2 XML reader will report
the following:"

an attribute with no Namespace URI (empty string), no local name (empty
string), and the qName "xmlns:h";

Clearly this was written before xmlns-uris was added. Also, this page makes
no mention of xmlns-uris in the properties table. My question is:

(a) should I do a low impact change and only call out the new property in
this one bullet point (with link)? or

(b) should I insert a sub section in the introduction and insert it into the
table?

I posted this question about a week and a half ago, but it seemed to be
lost:

>>
I was looking for wording related to the xmlns-uris feature. My question is
whether or not the xmlns-uris feature can be true while namespaces is false
and namespace-prefixes is true-- or namespaces is true and
namespace-prefixes
is false Obviously this would make little sense but
nothing in the specs (that I could find) forbids it. Should it be forbidden?
If so what is the correct action? A SAXNotSupported exception? Or having the
side-affect of changing the associated features? I suppose that this
question applies similarly to the namespaces and namespace-prefixes
features.
<<

In the table, "Illegal Combination" gives no indication what will happen if
you try to set a parser in such a state.

Thanks,
Jeff Rafter

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