Re: <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl.................> question

What you need to know is, does the XSL processor in question support the
syntax declared by the namespace? I could develop my own "XSL" syntax (like
Microsoft did) and declare my own namespace so that others could write
processors for it, or so that one that I write supports it. If you use the
namespace that Internet Explorer uses when you use a processor that supports
the current draft, it won't work. 

That is somewhat the concept of a  unique resource identifier (URI). This is
different than a Uniform Resource Locator (or is it Location?), or URL,
which actually locates a domain name and attempts to access it using http.
The main difference is that a URI doesn't necessarily point to any physical
location on the network, but is merely a means to uniquely identify
something. If you look at a MS Office 2000 document saved as HTML, you'll
see a bunch of namespaces, each of which supports a schema or syntax used by
Office to make it possible to render and save a document and retain the
objects Office uses. A good way to grasp the way namespaces are used is to
go look at the Office HTML/XML documentation at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/isapi/msdnlib.idc?theURL=/library/officedev/offhtm
l9/concepts/default.htm. You'll also see why Microsoft has been such a
strong proponent of namespaces (for better or worse). Namespaces can seem
vexing, but they're really pretty easy to understand once you "get" it.

regards
 
Chuck White
Advance Recruitment Advertising, Inc.
chuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.advancerecruitment.com

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>From: Minita Jha <jha@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl.................> question
>Date: Thu, Aug 5, 1999, 8:11 AM
>

>Does the proper execution of the styleseet depend on the specified url being up 
>and running? Does the xsl processor download something from this site?


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