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> From: Simon St.Laurent [mailto:simonstl@simonstl.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 9:50 PM
> To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Access XML
>
>
> tbray@textuality.com (Tim Bray) writes:
> >Simon St.Laurent wrote:
> >
> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> >> <dataroot xmlns:od="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:officedata"
> >> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
> >> xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="booksByAuthor.xsd">
> >
> >Wow, not in a namespace? And that 'od' thing, still the bogus
> >unregistered-fake-URN namespace? Hmmmm -Tim
>
> I have to admit that I'm enjoying a Microsoft tool that produces markup
> in no explicit namespace.
>
> The URN business is silly, but heck, it's a namespace URI. Not like
> you're supposed to _do_ anything with it, right?
> ..
Yes and no.
A namespace name is supposed to be globally unique (at least if you use it
in public documents). If you use a URI scheme without IETF registration,
there's no guarantee whatsoever that the namespace name indeed *is* globally
unique.
Julian
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