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Re: To namespace or not to Namespace ....

• From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>
• To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
• Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:15:46 -0400

On 4/7/10 3:51 PM, Michael Kay wrote:
> So I'd say: if you want to design your vocabulary for longevity and reuse,
> put it in a namespace.

Deciding to use XML is already a big (and sometimes expensive) step 
toward longevity and reuse.  How much of those good things does your 
project need?

I just hope people will actually evaluate the costs of using namespaces 
before automatically sticking them on everything.

-- 
Simon St.Laurent
http://simonstl.com/

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