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Michael Kay wrote: > > > > > > > Michael Kay: > > > > And I have yet to see a > > > > > proposal that cleans up the namespace model without > > > > breaking applications that work today according to the > > current specs. > > > > > > > James Anderson: > > > > > > > To the extent that an application expects a > > prefix-namespace binding > > > > which was apparent in the dynamic context of a given > > document's parser > > > > to have indefinite extent, the application is already broken. > > > > > > > Sorry, but we're on a different wavelength. > > > > Let's see if we can tune into the same wavelength? > > > ... > > Can a DOM which cannot support operations like > > > > I wasn't talking about DOM, perhaps that's why we're not on the same > wavelength. DOM's object model precedes namespaces and the InfoSet, and it's > handling of namespaces leaves me completely bewildered. Then I will resource to the generic characterisation: Can a document model which cannot support operations like [the one demonstrated] be said to work for documents which are namespace-aware? Can implementations built on such a document model be said to work for documents which are namespace-aware? ...
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