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RE: Why associate an attribute with a namespace ?

• To: <mihaiu@m...>,"Michael Kay" <mike@s...>
• Subject: RE: Why associate an attribute with a namespace ?
• From: "Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@m...>
• Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 14:27:17 -0800
• Cc: <xml-dev@l...>
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• Thread-topic: Why associate an attribute with a namespace ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mihaiu@m... [mailto:mihaiu@m...] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 2:15 PM
> To: Michael Kay
> Cc: xml-dev@l...
> Subject: Re:  Why associate an attribute with a namespace ?
> 
> >Sure. Prefix your attribute names with an underscore and they are 
> >guaranteed to be different from attribute names invented by 
> anyone else.
> >
> 
> I have no intention to define new attributes. That is obvious 
> from my post.
> 
> I often found that a lot of people get upset when they have 
> to explain their point of view. Have you learn by heart your 
> explanations and you can only blindly repeat what you've been 
> told ? I asked about the rationale behind the decision to 
> allow namespaces for attributes.
> 
> For your described case (special attributes)  you need merely 
> syntax changes and not namespaces. Are namespaces just syntax ?

So if I see _type in a document how do I know whether it is xsi:type,
xlink:type or daresfunkysemantics:type? If you are going to attempt to
argue on this list about XML and namespaces it would behoove you to
understand the problem space first before criticizing existing
solutions. 

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