RE: [xml-dev] Re: URIs, concrete (was Re: [xml-dev] Un-ask the question)

["Joshua Allen" <joshuaa@microsoft.com>]

> I'm not suggesting that unprefixed attributes should be treated as
> global attributes.  I think you're reading far too much into the
little
> I've actually said.  I'm saying that in the context of a given
element,
> attributes should be treated as having the namespace context of their
> containing element rather than treated as having an ambiguous
namespace
> context.

I'm no namespace expert, but I cannot see how you can do what you
recommend without causing some attributes to unintentionally be promoted
globally.