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  • From: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...>
  • To: "'michael odling-smee'" <mike.odlingsmee@g...>
  • Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:33:37 +0100

 
 
Also we have xml:lang, soap:mustUnderstand, soap:actor  etc. (these latter two often appear on their own outside the soap namespace context e.g. ebXML) etc. Personally I am not against namespaced attributes but there again I do not develop XML/XSL tools merely just use them so I am not au fait with the pain they may (or may not cause). As a developer once I "got" how namespaces work they have never really caused me much pain.
 
 
Making life easier for implementors isn't a realistic objective unless we're talking about a completely new technology that wipes the slate clean: implementors can't escape supporting the legacy. The objective now, I think, is to make life easier for content authors. Or am I mistaken?
 

Regards,

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
http://twitter.com/michaelhkay



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