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Again, how would that help? Although one can tell what the document type is from looking at the namespaces used in the document (using prefixes is such a horrific idea, so I assume you meant using namespaces), this requires scanning the entire document first and even then may have problems if some optional namespaced components are missing. -- PITHY WORDS OF WISDOM If the crooks are within pistol range, so are you. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > -----Original Message----- > From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@b...] > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 9:34 AM > To: Eric van der Vlist > Cc: xml-dev@l... > Subject: Re: Motivations for namespaces (sorry) > > 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> > > Sorry if I misunderstood you. > > Kind Regards, > Joe Chiusano > Booz | Allen | Hamilton > > Eric van der Vlist wrote: > > > > Chiusano Joseph said: > > > <Quote> > > > there is nothing in a XML document (except maybe its > public ID which > > > unfortunately mandates a DTD) which describes the > combination used > > > to mix the namespaces. > > > </Quote> > > > > > > What about a namespace prefix in an XML document? > > > > How could that help? > > > > 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 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> >
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