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My point was rather that namespaces alone are not enough to guess what's
the document as a whole is about.
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Ah - OK. I just wasn't clear on what you meant by "document type" in
your original response below.
Thanks,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
Eric van der Vlist wrote:
>
> Joseph,
>
> Chiusano Joseph said:
> > 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>
>
> I would argue that in this case, what's identifying your "document type"
> is the xsi:schemaLocation more than the namespaces!
> My point was rather that namespaces alone are not enough to guess what's
> the document as a whole is about.
> Eric
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