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Again, how would that help? Although one can tell what the document type
is from looking at the namespaces used in the document (using prefixes
is such a horrific idea, so I assume you meant using namespaces), this
requires scanning the entire document first and even then may have
problems if some optional namespaced components are missing.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@bah.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 9:34 AM
> To: Eric van der Vlist
> Cc: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Motivations for namespaces (sorry)
>
> Eric,
>
> I'm not sure if I correctly interpreted "the combination used
> to mix the namespaces" in your original response below, but
> anyway here's an example with generic namespace
> identifiers/prefixes and elements:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <ns1:MyRootElement
> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";
> xmlns:ns1="http://www.abc.com
> xmlns:ns2="http://www.xyz.com
> xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.abc.com Schema1.xsd
> http://www.xyz.com Schema2.xsd>
>
> <ns1:SomeDate>2001-01-01</ns1:SomeDate>
> <ns2:AnotherDate>2001-01-01</ns2:AnotherDate>
> ...
> </ns1:MyRootElement>
>
> Sorry if I misunderstood you.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Joe Chiusano
> Booz | Allen | Hamilton
>
> Eric van der Vlist wrote:
> >
> > Chiusano Joseph said:
> > > <Quote>
> > > there is nothing in a XML document (except maybe its
> public ID which
> > > unfortunately mandates a DTD) which describes the
> combination used
> > > to mix the namespaces.
> > > </Quote>
> > >
> > > What about a namespace prefix in an XML document?
> >
> > How could that help?
> >
> > Eric
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