• From: Micah Dubinko <Micah.Dubinko@m...>
• To: XML Developers List <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:54:30 -0700

Another question on this thread:
In terms of namespace approaches, the Java model is frequently pointed  
to as a good way to do it. At least I haven't heard any Java people  
complaining about namespaces in any way remotely close to how the XML  
people talk about it.

Has anyone written down a proposal for "Java-style" namespaces in a  
markup language, specifically HTML?

There is this starting point:
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2005/04/13/namespace-uris.html

(As you can see in the comments of that article, this issue has been a  
thorn in my side for many years)

A slightly different approach, worth note:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040609023416/www.tbradford.org/clean-namespaces.html

If anyone knows of a more recent revision of this, let me know.

A survey of the existing art will be a good start toward proposing  
something ourselves on this list. We can keep accumulating use cases  
as we go.

Thanks, -m

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