Re: [xml-dev] Re: URIs, concrete (was Re: [xml-dev] Un-ask the question)

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Re: [xml-dev] Re: URIs, concrete (was Re: [xml-dev] Un-ask the question)
W. E. Perry scripsit:

> But what does it mean, really, for an attribute to be 'in a namespace',
> separate from that attribute appearing (or being declared in an ATTLIST as)
> within the scope of a particular element? 

It means that, under the Namespaces Rec, the following pair is equivalent:

	<foo xmlns="urn:baz:32" bar="47"/>
	<baz:foo xmlns:baz="urn:baz:32" bar="47"/>

but the following pair is not:

	<foo xmlns="urn:baz;32" bar="47"/>
	<baz:foo xmlns:baz="urn:baz:32" baz:bar="47"/>

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