Rather than create a new xml namespace, the bidi spec adds the dir
attribute to the Atom namespace and adds it to the atomCommonAttributes
construct.  Basically, the spec plugs what I think is a hole in the
RFC4287 spec.

- James

Franklin Tse wrote:
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> 
> James, would you explain it?
> 
> Franklin
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sammy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Franklin Tse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 20:06
> Subject: RE: Atom bidi attribute, empty string value
> 
> I need to understand something please, why isn't the attribute dir preceded 
> with a namespace prefix?
> 
> Example:
> 
> <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"; 
> xmlns:dirns="http://www.example.org/dir/namepsace"; xml:lang="he" 
> dirns:dir="rtl">
> ..
> 
> Regards,
> Sammy 
> 

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