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Christopher R. Maden wrote:
> 2) was really killed by politics, as best I can remember;
> architectural forms were completely unviable in the W3C
> environment, and once namespaces came along, it was pretty
> much a requirement to use them. Without attribute
> remapping, the options were 1) to trample on users' naming
> freedom and reserve href across the board (which is still an
> incomplete solution for HTML), or 3) to use namespace-
> reserved attributes. I continue to think that, given the
> political restrictions, the XLink WG made the right
> decision. 2) would have been stronger, but AFs just didn't
> make the political grade.
That's what it smelled like from down in the trenches. It's good to
finally hear someone in the know actually confirm it.
/Jelks
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