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  • To: Lars Marius Garshol <larsga@g...>
  • Subject: Re: Namespace terminology
  • From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
  • Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 17:28:35 -0500
  • Cc: xml-dev@l...
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Lars Marius Garshol wrote:


> I started out using "namespace name", but it turns out that
> this is what the namespace URI is called[2].


[snip]


> [2] Why? It's the namespace URI, it doesn't need any more names.

Because it's not technically a URI in all cases; it is a URI
with optional fragment identifier.  Which is not the same
as a URI reference, which is either a URI or a relative URL,
either one with optional fragment identifier.

"Namespace name" is what it is.

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