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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 23:36:03 +0200, mihaiu@m... <mihaiu@m...> wrote: > > >The rationale is to allow attributes whose semantics are independent of the > >element they appear on: examples are xml:lang, xml:base, xsi:type, > >xsl:version. > > > > The purpose of a namespace is to make it easier to avoid name collisions. The > special attributes that you speak about only need some kind to special syntax > in order to distinguish them from the others. Yeah, that speciial syntax is called namespaces... <snip>new form of special case syntax adding yet more semantic confusion</snip> > > I hope that you understand me: there is no need for namespaces in this case > because namespaces are designed to solve a *completely* different set of > problems. Prey tell, exactly what would that be? > One more thing: you said "independent". For mode clarity I will quote you > again: > > >The rationale is to allow attributes whose semantics are independent of the > >element they appear on: > > The attributes are not independent from the element containing them; they apply > to the containing element inclusively. For example the xml:lang attribute: if > this attribute is applied to a mixed content element then you expect that the > #PCDATA from the current element will respect the xml:lang attribute (not only > its children). You appear to be confusing semantics with scope. -- Peter Hunsberger
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