Re: [xml-dev] Pragmatic namespaces

From
Pete Cordell <>
To
Dave Pawson <>, Richard Salz <>
Date
2009-08-06T17:42:46Z
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<B111F7618AEA403AA249F0E7FE8701C6@Codalogic>
Thread
Re: [xml-dev] Pragmatic namespaces
Original Message From: "Dave Pawson"

>> My proposal: only allow setting the default prefix, as in
>>        xmlns='....'
>>
>> It's compatible with both HTML and XML and should not greatly complicate
>> existing HTML parsers. The drawbacks are that you cannot mix attributes
>> from a different namespace, and that if you embed clumps from xmlns A
>> inside B, a lot, you might get more verbose, with the emphasis on might.
> 
> 
> What would we lose if attributes were not namespaced?

xsi:type and its friends?

Pete Cordell