mrglavas 2004/02/16 15:31:54
Modified: java/docs faq-sax.xml
Log:
Add FAQ on why the parser reports no namespace for xmlns attributes.
Revision Changes Path
1.3 +12 -0 xml-xerces/java/docs/faq-sax.xml
Index: faq-sax.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/xml-xerces/java/docs/faq-sax.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3
--- faq-sax.xml 13 Feb 2004 23:15:01 -0000 1.2
+++ faq-sax.xml 16 Feb 2004 23:31:54 -0000 1.3
@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@
</p>
</a>
</faq>
+
+ <faq title="Namespace of xmlns attributes">
+ <q>Why does the SAX parser report that xmlns attributes have no namespace?</q>
+ <a>
+ <p>An erratum for the Namespaces in XML recommendation put namespace
declaration
+ attributes in the namespace "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/";. SAX2 does
not
+ accept this change so conforming parsers must report that these
+ attributes have no namespace. Xerces behaves according to SAX2. Your code
+ must handle this discrepancy when interacting with APIs such as DOM and
+ applications which expect a namespace for xmlns attributes.</p>
+ </a>
+ </faq>
<faq title="Encodings and XML Version Via SAX">
<q>Is there any way I can determine what encoding an entity was
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