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Original Message From: "David Carlisle"
> On 22/09/2010 16:06, Pete Cordell wrote:
>> By reserving names that start with "xml" I'm assuming the W3C is saying
>> that you (anyone not acting on behalf of the W3C) can not define names
>> that start with "xml".
>
> but what does "define" mean there. i can make the document
As far as I'm concerned by using it as a name it's defined as a name, either
by you or someone else. By using a random string xmlfoo as a name, you have
defined the name xmlfoo.
In the section:
Names beginning with the string "xml", or with any string which would
match (('X'|'x') ('M'|'m') ('L'|'l')), are reserved for standardization
in this
or future versions of this specification.
I interpret "reserved" to mean "set aside for". In other words, you, not
acting on behalf of W3C, MUST not define names starting with "xml". If you
do, then it's not a valid name and therefore the document is not
well-formed.
Therefore:
<xmlfoo>
<xmlbar/>
</xmlfoo>
is not well-formed and so is not XML!!!
Pete Cordell
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