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This is an often confusing part of the spec. You may find James Clark's alternative explanation helpful: http://www.jclark.com/xml/xmlns.htm Ian Mukul Gandhi wrote: > The XML Namespaces Recommendation says that the default namespace > applies only to elements, and not to attribues > (http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/#defaulting). > > i.e. an unprefixed attribute name will always be in the null namespace. > > I am curious to know why this is so? > > Regards, > Mukul > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> > -- Ian Graham H: 416.769.2422 / W: 416.513.5656 / E: <ian . graham AT utoronto . ca> << Don't send ZIP files, or your mail will be discarded by my spam filter >>
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