xml-dev - Re: XML Schema Question: default namespace misses attributes (sorry)

[Stefan Haustein <haustein@kimo.cs.uni-dortmund.de>]

Stefan Haustein wrote:
> 
> Roger L.Costello wrote:
> >
> > Wouldn't it be better if, as is done in the XSLT spec, we don't use a
> > default namespace and, instead, explicitly qualify all elements and
> > attributes?  Using such an approach, the above example can be recast as:
Stefan Haustein wrote:

(...)
> However, when you define the specs for a concrete XML application,
> you are free to ignore the difference by regarding both cases
> equal. I do not like the idea to of having namespaces for attributes
> very much because it seems to cause more confusion than benefit.
> Personally, I would prefer if the attributes' namespace would always
> default to the element's namespace.

I am sorry, I intended to say: I do not like the idea of having NO
namespace
for attributes very much because it seems to cause more confusion than
benefit.
Personally, I would prefer if the attributes' namespace would always
default to the element's namespace.