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At 4:28 PM +0200 7/11/02, james anderson wrote:
>i do not understand the prescription, that the "xml" prefix is, by definition,
>bound to "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"; to preclude the presense of a
>binding to that effect.
Correct. It is legal to explicitly bind it, though it is not
necessary to do so.
>furthermore, i read the recommendation as not precluding that the
>prefix may be
>bound to anything else. whereby cl-xml also accepts
>
>? (parse-document "<doc xmlns:xml='http://www.w3.org/XML/0000/namespace'/>")
>#<DOC-NODE <no uri> #x8C88DFE>
>9
>?
>
Incorrect. This is simply illegal in a namespace well-formed
document. If cl-xml accepts that, then cl-xml is wrong and should be
fixed.
>but i suppose opinions may differ.
They may indeed. However, some opinions are right and some are wrong. :-)
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