John L. Clark wrote:
> I've noticed that in several cases XMLmind allows the use of an
> alternate syntax for fully qualified XML names, which looks like:
>
> {namespace-URI}element-name
>
> This makes a lot of sense when you don't want to worry about namespace
> to prefix binding (such as when its use is suggested in the various XXE
> docs).
We really agree with you.
> I spent some time poking through the XML names/namespaces recommendation as
> well as other XML standards, though, and I couldn't
> find mention of this particular syntax. Is this an XXE extension or a
> standard? If the latter, could someone point me to documentation
> describing it? I would like to be able to use this syntax in other
> applications.
This notation is not standard.
Because it is not standard, we *never* use this notation in
standards-based specifications such as CSS style sheets, XML Schemas or
XPaths.
We use this notation exclusively in our own configuration files when
there is no way to do otherwise (that is, just in command parameters).
