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On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Don Park wrote: > Is it really a 'good thing' to have namespaces in XML? Depends on whether a 'solution in search of a problem' can be a 'good thing'. > What ill effect will it have on XML's future? Wheels spinning madly in place? > Why can't the semantic of '<name>' be determined purely by context? Because names are instrumental. The real issue is whether the context is understood. > What is wrong with using just <html> to distinguish HTML's use of > 'a' tag? Because it's not about tags. It's about notations. > Is the ability to inject attributes from other namespaces really useful? Injection is not useful. Reference (or annotation) is useful. > What is the positive effect of having just one namespace? None. Each document is a name space. > Why can't we have central registry of XML names? I don't know if that's a good idea. We could be headed that way, though. (i.e. "ownership" of names, as in, you gotta download my plugin to do anything with this markup...) Arjun xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; unsubscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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