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Re: namespaces redux

• From: Manos Batsis <manos_lists@geekologue.com>
• To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org, Michael Kay <mike@s...>
• Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:22:12 +0300

On 10/16/2012 12:42 AM, Michael Kay wrote:
>
>> As much as I agree with you about the evil of QNames in content, I
>> don't really think it was the job of the Namespaces in XML spec to
>> prevent this.
>
> It was absolutely the job of the Namespaces in XML spec to get this
> right, and it failed dismally.

+1 darn it. The NS spec left some pretty reasonable expectations to be 
handled by the app level, which doesn't really work if the world does 
not follow along.

Cheers,

Manos

• References:
  • [XML Schema] Here's how to empower instance document authors tocreate their own root element
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
  • Re: [XML Schema] Here's how to empower instance documentauthors to create their own root element
    • From: Timothy Cook <timothywayne.cook@gmail.com>
  • Re: [XML Schema] Here's how to empower instance documentauthors to create their own root element
    • From: "Christopher R. Maden" <crism@maden.org>
  • Re: [XML Schema] Here's how to empower instance documentauthors to create their own root element
    • From: John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
  • Re: [XML Schema] Here's how to empower instance documentauthors to create their own root element
    • From: "Christopher R. Maden" <crism@maden.org>
  • Re: [XML Schema] Here's how to empower instance documentauthors to create their own root element
    • From: Liam R E Quin <liam@w3.org>
  • Re: [XML Schema] Here's how to empower instance documentauthors to create their own root element
    • From: "Christopher R. Maden" <crism@maden.org>
  • namespaces redux (was: Re: [XML Schema] Here's how toempower instance document authors to create their own root element)
    • From: Amelia A Lewis <amyzing@talsever.com>
  • Re: namespaces redux (was: Re: [XML Schema]Here's how to empower instance document authors to create their own root element)
    • From: Uche Ogbuji <uche@ogbuji.net>
  • Re: namespaces redux
    • From: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>