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   Re: [xml-dev] Come On, DTD, Come On! Thoughts on DSDL Part 9

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John Cowan wrote:

> Well, that seems like boring and error-prone redundancy.  If all of
> your 100 elements are in the same space, do you really want to
> declare each and every one as X:foo, X:bar, and X:baz?  No, say I!

I can live with that, too.

> <!NAMESPACE #DEFAULT "urn:x-foo:bar"> is the way to go.
> 
> BTW, with or without quotes?  I say with, despite the redundancy.

Are spaces legal in URI syntax? I can't remember. If so, with the
quotes. It's clearer that way.

-- Ron

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