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Tim Bray writes: > And yes, it is obvious that an attribute can draw the bulk of its > semantic import from the namespace it's in, rather than the context of > the containing element. Consider > > <anyOldElementAtAllIDontCareWhich xml:lang="fr">Bonjour! ... Yes, and you've completely missed my point yet again. I'm not arguing that prefixed attributes should be in the namespace of the element containing them. I'm arguing that _unprefixed_ attributes should be treated as if they had the same namespace as the element containing them. > There's a technical term for Simon's argument in this case: "wrong". There's a technical term for the Namespaces in XML Recommendation, but I'm afraid it's unprintable. I stand by my claim. I'd like to propose that it's past time to fix these issues instead of leaving them to fester. -- Simon St.Laurent Ring around the content, a pocket full of brackets Errors, errors, all fall down! http://simonstl.com
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