• From: John Cowan <cowan@m...>
• To: Rick Yorgason <rick@f...>
• Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 01:13:06 -0400

Rick Yorgason scripsit:

> This proposal can be defined as an alias for xmlns=. xmlns= wouldn't
> go away.  People can still use it if they want to use a namespace that
> isn't also a valid prefix name.  It's just not the recommended as the
> best practise.

When TagSoup sees a prefix it doesn't understand, such as foo, it
invents the namespace name urn:x-prefix:foo for it.

-- 
My confusion is rapidly waxing          John Cowan
For XML Schema's too taxing:            cowan@c...
    I'd use DTDs                        http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
    If they had local trees --
I think I best switch to RELAX NG.

• References:
  • XML Namespaces 1.1
    • From: Rick Yorgason <rick@f...>
  • Re: XML Namespaces 1.1
    • From: Liam R E Quin <liam@w...>
  • Re: XML Namespaces 1.1
    • From: Rick Yorgason <rick@f...>