I agree and don't really understand why the xmlns attribute should be an
exception to the rules either, I just saw these other references on the
subject and was curious.
Since attributes don't get the default namespace applied and the xml prefix
makes xmlns illegal as a name, I am a bit confused about the special
treatment. xmlns:foo makes perfect sense of course.
Chris
At 04:41 PM 3/29/2001, you wrote:
>I was just being consistent when I designed it, and treated it like any
>other global attribute. I didn't ever see anything that said I should do
>otherwise, but I could have easily missed it. Another difference may come
>from the fact that I did the very literal thing of making:
>
>xmlns=""
>
>be an attribute and note a prefix. And in
>
>xmlns:foo=""
>
>its a prefix that maps to the xmlns URL. In the former, if you go by XML
>rules, and I don't see why you shouldn't, xmlns="" is an attribute just like
>any other attribute and its in the global namespace and I think it should be
>treated the same as any other such, to avoid having to have special case
>code in applications that use the parser. In the later, xmlns is clearly a
>prefix and should map to a URL.
>
>Personally, I can't see any good enough argument to deviate and treat the
>first scenario specially, and force everyone else to as well.
>
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>Dean Roddey
>Software Geek Extraordinaire
>Portal, Inc
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Chris Hill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 2:13 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Namespace of xmlns attribute
>
>
>Xerces 1.4 puts the xmlns attribute in a default namespace declaration
>(such as <a xmlns="blah"/>) in the global namespace, like all other
>attributes without a prefix. I see that a couple other specifications
>place it in the "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/" namespace, as well as the
>document at http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/. Does anybody know the what the
>history and current thinking is in this area and what is planned for Xerces
>in the future?
>
>http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Core/core.html#Namespaces-Considerations
>(see Note)
>
>http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-infoset/#infoitem.namespace
>(see 6. [namespace attributes])
>
>http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/
>
>Chris
>
>
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