Re: xmlns created literally

> According to "Namespaces in XML 1.0 (Second Edition)", "An XML namespace is 
> identified by a URI reference [RFC3986]". '{' and '}' are not valid 
> characters in a URI according to RFC3986.

but it explitly says % encoding shouldnt be done.

[Definition: The two URIs are treated as strings, and they are identical
if and only if the strings are identical, that is, if they are the same
sequence of characters. ] The comparison is case-sensitive, and no
%-escaping is done or undone.  


> 1) emit the string in its invalid form. Output is not valid XML - I don't 
> like this one.

It's well formed xml, and namespace wellformed.
The serialiser should not change the namespace of the elements being output.

David

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