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> > > > I'm not suggesting that unprefixed attributes should be treated as
> > > > global attributes. I think you're reading far too much into the
> > > > 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
>
>
> > > 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.
>
> > Sorry. What does this mean?
>
> If two unprefixed attributes are treated as having the namespace context
> of their respective containing elements, as Simon suggests, then those
> unprefixed attributes will have the same namespace, and therefore the
> same context. Right?
Yes. Just as two preixed elements, regardless of where they are, can share
namespace context. I fail to see how this counts as "promotion" of an
attribute to anything.
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