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Subject: Re: XML Schema/XSL conflict (can't differentiate unqualified locals)?
From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 09:20:58 +0100
cancel the default namespace
  

   >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Kay <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

       Michael> You can say xmlns="" to cancel the default namespace
       Michael> declaration, but you can't do xmlns:xyz="" to cancel a
       Michael> non-default namespace declaration.

   Ah - now I can see it in the recommendation - I had overlooked that - thanks.
   

Although this isn't as arbitrary as it might seem. While  xmlns=""  is
described as cancelling the default declaration, another way to look at
it (which is essentially the way XPath looks at it) is to say that it
binds the null prefix to the null namespace. After that <x/> isn't an
error it just denotes x in no namespace.

Conversely if  xmlns:x="" were allowed to unbind the prefix x:x then
<x:x/> would go from being namespace well formed to being a namespace
error.

David

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