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• Subject: Re: Registered Namespace prefixes
• From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 13:02:51 -0500
• In-reply-to: <3E68DA59.36DAFA95@s...>

james.anderson@s... (james anderson) writes:
>it was an offhand remark. despite that, in fact, "namespace scope
>issues" arise from problems with how "namespaces in xml" is
>implemented, and are not entailed by the semantics of "namespace
>scope" and/or "prefix - namespace binding".

Actually, no - I see "namespace scope issues" as a monkeywrench thrown
into the heart of XML, causing at least as many problems as they
purportedly solve.  Definitely enough cause to be sarcastic about "it's
a feature not a bug."

I'll talk more about working around these "features" at XML Europe.


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