Hello,

One addition to this: if I have no XML Schema  does this mean that the ``a’’ column is meaningless?

For example

If I have no schema, is the following OK, with regards to namespaces, or not?

<a>

   <b/>

   <b xmlns=”foo”/>

</a>

<a> and the first <b> are not qualified, and the second <b> is qualified.

Does this make sense? I mean, if there’s no schema, does it means that every name is unqualified unless it is qualified explicitly qualified? (this sorts of sounds like a tautology…)

Shlomo.

Hello,

I am trying to understand the impact of schema hints and evidence from XML documents on the proper handling of namespaces. Here is what I came up with

a. Name is qualified in XML Schema: yes/no

b. Name is prefixed in XML document: yes/no (default namespace is also considered as a prefix, the empty string prefix, for this discussion’s sake)

c. Prefix for name is defined in XML document: yes/no

There are 8 possibilities for the above criterions.

An error should be issued (not necessarily same error in all cases) in all cases except for the following three:

a==b==c==0

a==1 b==0 c==1

a==1 b==1 c==1

My question is, are these indeed all possibilities? Are there other factors that need to be considered? Is my understanding correct?

Thanks.

Shlomo.