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Re: xml: prefix in MicroXML Re: MicroXPathproposal

• From: Liam R E Quin <liam@w3.org>
• To: stephengreenubl@gmail.com
• Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:22:52 -0500

On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 16:32 +0000, Stephen Green wrote:
> I notice the only prefix allowed in James' revised MicroXML is the
> prefix "xml:".
> 
> I see the significance of this prefix is tied up with the Namespaces
> spec so I guess in this sense MicroXML implements (compatibly?)
> XML Namespaces. 

No.

The string "xml" at the start of a name is reserved by the XML spec,
and is used for xml:space, xml:lang, and, separately, xml:id & xml:base.

> If there were sufficient need could the number of xml: uses be
> extended?
Yes.

> 
> Is there an xml:type?
No. There's an xsi:type though, for use with regular XML + XSD.

Liam

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  • xml: prefix in MicroXML Re: MicroXPath proposal
    • From: Stephen Green <stephengreenubl@gmail.com>