RE: Namespaces and IE5b2

We made the decision to require a namespace declaration be fixed because it
doesn't make sense for names of elements or attributes to be mutable. That
is, if you could change the namespace, the effect would be to change the
element or the attribute that referenced that namespace to a different
element or attribute in a different namespace. This is consistent with the
Level 1 DOM specification in which names are immutable.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	john.markor@xxxxxxxxxxxx [SMTP:john.markor@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Wednesday, January 27, 1999 12:02 PM
> To:	'XSL list'
> Subject:	Namespaces and IE5b2
> 
> Has anyone tried using namespaces with IE5b2 yet?
> 
> My XML DTD has the following ATTLIST for the html tag (%URI; is defined
> earlier as CDATA per the RFC...)
> 
>  <!ATTLIST html
>    %i18n;
>    xmlns       %URI;          #REQUIRED
> 
> Microsoft says the following are valid values for this tag....
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Possible Values  sNamespace	Required. Specifies a namespace that is then
>                               used as a prefix to custom tags in a
> document.
> 	              sUrn         Optional. Specifies a URN string that
> uniquely
>                               identifies the namespace.
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> So, in theory, the attribute list is correct.  Yet when I try and parse
> the
> tag, I get an error that states that:
> 
>    "Attribute 'xmlns:' must be a #FIXED attribute. ....."
> 
> What am I doing wrong, or is this an error in IE5b2?
> 
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> we do not dare that things are difficult."
> "Seneca"
> 
> John J. Markor (Non-HP)
> HP Digital Document Solutions
> Seattle, WA  USA
> 
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