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Norman Gray scripsit:
> Namespaces (as I understand them) are a purely syntactical feature.
Yes.
> If some of the elements and attributes in an instance are in a certain
> namespace, then I can look at that instance with namespace-shaped
> spectacles and `see' only the things in that namespace.
Only in the sense that you can look at, say, attribute names with "r"-shaped
goggles and ignore all the ones that don't begin with "r". Namespaces
are just a convention for extending the allowed names of element types and
attributes without changing the XML 1.0 WF rules.
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John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan
Consider the matter of Analytic Philosophy. Dennett and Bennett are well-known.
Dennett rarely or never cites Bennett, so Bennett rarely or never cites Dennett.
There is also one Dummett. By their works shall ye know them. However, just as
no trinities have fourth persons (Zeppo Marx notwithstanding), Bummett is hardly
known by his works. Indeed, Bummett does not exist. It is part of the function
of this and other e-mail messages, therefore, to do what they can to create him.
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