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Bob Foster wrote: > Where did the "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/" URI come from? The > Namespaces In XML spec specifically says: "The prefix xmlns is used only > for namespace bindings and is not itself bound to any namespace name." > > Am I missing some errata, or is there some complexity-multiplying going > on here? It sure seems like a SAX feature that should be dropped should > not be used to justify contradicting the namespaces recommendation. You are missing an erratum to NS 1.0, and the NS 1.1 spec (as well as DOM 2 which IIRC was the first to cite it). See notably: http://www.w3.org/XML/xml-names-19990114-errata (NE05) http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-names11-20040204/#ns-decl (towards the end of section 3) -- Robin Berjon
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