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Re: Is there any legitimate case for processing based ona spec

• From: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
• To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
• Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:21:34 +0100

 >Is there ever a time when it is okay to create an XML application that 
checks for a specific prefix,

Checking for a prefix on incoming XML: I would say no. But when 
generating XML, there are two factors to bear in mind:

(a) if the XML is to be human-readable, using familiar prefixes is very 
helpful

(b) some vocabularies use DTDs for validation, and DTDs may only work 
with a specific prefix.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

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  • Is there any legitimate case for processing based on a specificnamespace prefix?
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>