Re: About namespaces

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

Tim Bray wrote:


> <fact>[A namespace name] is a URI.</fact>
> 
> <controversialAssertion>It *should* be an absolute URL, not
> a relative URL nor a URN.</controversialAssertion>
>  -Tim


I should rather say:

<fact expression="plain">A namespace name is a URI reference.</fact>

<fact expression="metaphor">A namespace name had better not be
a relative URL, or the Gods of W3C will frown upon the offender
and his children's children, yea unto the tenth edition.</fact>

<controversialAssertion>It can be an absolute URL, or an URN,
or an absolute URL with a fragment ID if you must.
</controversialAssertion>

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