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> From: Simon St.Laurent [mailto:simonstl@s...] > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 9:50 PM > To: xml-dev@l... > Subject: Re: Access XML > > > tbray@t... (Tim Bray) writes: > >Simon St.Laurent wrote: > > > >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > >> <dataroot xmlns:od="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:officedata" > >> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" > >> xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="booksByAuthor.xsd"> > > > >Wow, not in a namespace? And that 'od' thing, still the bogus > >unregistered-fake-URN namespace? Hmmmm -Tim > > I have to admit that I'm enjoying a Microsoft tool that produces markup > in no explicit namespace. > > The URN business is silly, but heck, it's a namespace URI. Not like > you're supposed to _do_ anything with it, right? > .. Yes and no. A namespace name is supposed to be globally unique (at least if you use it in public documents). If you use a URI scheme without IETF registration, there's no guarantee whatsoever that the namespace name indeed *is* globally unique. Julian -- <green/>bytes GmbH -- http://www.greenbytes.de -- tel:+492512807760
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