• From: "James Tauber" <jtauber@j...>
• To: "Paul Prescod" <paul@p...>, "xml-dev" <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 09:29:00 +0800

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Prescod <paul@p...>
> Namespaces are triggers for various things. Stylesheets, validators,
> etc.

Up until I changed my mind about this premise, I agreed completely with both
your three-namespace conclusion and your actual argument for it.

However, I no longer agree with the premise above as stated. Namespaces are
for distinguishing element/attribute vocabularies within an instance. Any
other use of them is beyond the spec and bound to end up in arguments on
xml-dev :-)

A corollary to this is that *something else* (perhaps in conjunction with
namespaces) must trigger stylesheets, validators, etc. I would like to see a
solution proposed for that---soon, if at all possible.

James
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