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<Quote> My point was rather that namespaces alone are not enough to guess what's the document as a whole is about. </Quote> Ah - OK. I just wasn't clear on what you meant by "document type" in your original response below. Thanks, Joe Chiusano Booz | Allen | Hamilton Eric van der Vlist wrote: > > Joseph, > > Chiusano Joseph said: > > Eric, > > > > I'm not sure if I correctly interpreted "the combination used to mix > > the namespaces" in your original response below, but anyway here's an > > example with generic namespace identifiers/prefixes and elements: > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > <ns1:MyRootElement > > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" > > xmlns:ns1="http://www.abc.com > > xmlns:ns2="http://www.xyz.com > > xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.abc.com Schema1.xsd > > http://www.xyz.com Schema2.xsd> > > > > <ns1:SomeDate>2001-01-01</ns1:SomeDate> > > <ns2:AnotherDate>2001-01-01</ns2:AnotherDate> > > ... > > </ns1:MyRootElement> > > I would argue that in this case, what's identifying your "document type" > is the xsi:schemaLocation more than the namespaces! > My point was rather that namespaces alone are not enough to guess what's > the document as a whole is about. > Eric > -- > Freelance consulting and training. > http://dyomedea.com/english/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric van der Vlist http://xmlfr.org http://dyomedea.com > (W3C) XML Schema ISBN:0-596-00252-1 http://oreilly.com/catalog/xmlschema > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ begin:vcard n:Chiusano;Joseph tel;work:(703) 902-6923 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.bah.com org:Booz | Allen | Hamilton;IT Digital Strategies Team adr:;;8283 Greensboro Drive;McLean;VA;22012; version:2.1 email;internet:chiusano_joseph@b... title:Senior Consultant fn:Joseph M. Chiusano end:vcard
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