[Michael Kay]

> Incidentally, http:\\nowhere\schema\test is not a valid URI, but
> namespace names in practice don't have to be valid URIs. URIs 
> always use
> forwards slashes.
> 

But only surrounding the host, after that all bets are off in general -
e.g., the notorious file: scheme (to bring in the concept of a
perma-thread from the xml-dev list!).

Cheers,

Tom P

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