xml-dev - Re: Undeclared namespace

["Thomas B. Passin" <tpassin@idsonline.com>]

From: Christopher R. Maden <crism@exemplary.net>
Subject: Re: Undeclared namespace


> [Thomas B. Passin]
> >Get rid of the "exp:" in the element definitions.  They are not part of
> >the element names, they are part of the namespace, which is different.
> >Replace with the following in the DTD:
> >
> >Also, get rid of the xmlns:exp attribute in the DTD.  The namespace
> >declaration is not an ordinary attribute even though it looks like one.
> >Declaring it in the DTD will not cause the experience element to use the
> >exp: namespace.  You must include it in the actual <experience> element
> >like so:
>
> Your examples parse, but do not do what the original questioner was asking
> about (produce a valid document).
>
The original question was, when the subject XML was tried in IE5 and
produced an error,

"Why is this error appearing and what can be done to solve it "

The "Why" is a combination of my response and IE5 quirks.  You can't equate
what the parser in IE5 does with complete compliance with the standard.

> DTDs were developed before namespaces, and the two don't play particularly
> well together; to a DTD, a namespace declaration *is* an attribute.
> Personally, I wouldn't bother trying to make a namespace document valid;
it

I'll go along with that.

> can be done, but it's a bit difficult.  Moreover, I think the original
> poster was using MSIE 5, which adds the odd quirk that all namespace
> declarations must be declared in the DTD as #FIXED attributes.
>
My version of IE5 does not need to have the namespace declared as a #FIXED
attribute - it doesn't need it to be declared as an attribute at all.  It
doesn't mind if it is declared, though.

> Anand, can you post the whole (short) document and DTD, along with MSIE's
error?
>
> -Chris
>
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