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> Tim Bray writes:
> > And yes, it is obvious that an attribute can draw the bulk of its
> > semantic import from the namespace it's in, rather than the context of
> > the containing element. Consider
> >
> > <anyOldElementAtAllIDontCareWhich xml:lang="fr">Bonjour! ...
>
> Yes, and you've completely missed my point yet again. I'm not arguing
> that prefixed attributes should be in the namespace of the element
> containing them. I'm arguing that _unprefixed_ attributes should be
> treated as if they had the same namespace as the element containing
> them.
Ah. So Simon and I *are* arguing just the same thing. Cool. We're beginning
to be a cabal, Simon. :-)
> > There's a technical term for Simon's argument in this case: "wrong".
Is there a technical argument to back this up?
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