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RE: more namespace abuse



Huh? This is some DHTML extension that was done for IE 4 and has nothing
to do with XML (I agree it is unfortunate that they chose XMLNS). And
please note, Microsoft is a much more chaotic organization than you seem
to assume....

Best regards
Michael

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Brennan [mailto:Michael_Brennan@Allegis.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 3:24 PM
> To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: RE: more namespace abuse
> 
> 
> Wow.
> 
> I like this helpful sample on how to properly declare 
> namespaces in IE:
> 
>     <HTML XMLNS:MyNS1 XMLNS:MyNS2="www.microsoft.com">
> 
> It's so very sad to see that there are people there at Microsoft who
> understand very well the issues, who know very well the right 
> thing to do,
> who even helped shape the relevant standards. And yet, when 
> it comes to
> actual shipping products, we see such utter, complete contempt from
> Microsoft for these standards it helped define.
> 
> This is really sad.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Simon St.Laurent [mailto:simonstl@simonstl.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 2:02 PM
> > To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> > Subject: more namespace abuse
> > 
> > 
> > I don't even really know how to talk about it:
> > 
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/Author/dhtml/overview/custo
> > mTags.asp
> > 
> > Wow.  Wow.  That's really weird.
> > 
> > Simon St.Laurent - Associate Editor, O'Reilly and Associates
> > XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed.
> > XHTML: Migrating Toward XML
> > http://www.simonstl.com - XML essays and books
>  
> 
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