OASIS Mailing List ArchivesView the OASIS mailing list archive below
or browse/search using MarkMail.

 


Help: OASIS Mailing Lists Help | MarkMail Help

 


 

   RE: [xml-dev] Managing Innovation

[ Lists Home | Date Index | Thread Index ]

rjm@zenucom.com (Rick Marshall) writes:
>> I understand that argument well, but in this case, we're not talking
>> about limiting the overall length of XML documents.  Let's try not to
>> imagine only the present, but the future as well -- can anyone make a
>> reasonable case for an XML element or attribute name longer than 4096
>> characters (for example)?
>
>do you mean like once computer generated namespaces and random names
>get involved? i can see it happening within a few years.

I'd heard of 220-character local names and 200-char namespaces.  I
suspect it could get a lot worse.  

Hmmm... maybe I should come up with a set of escaping rules for URIs so
they can be the prefix directly...





 

News | XML in Industry | Calendar | XML Registry
Marketplace | Resources | MyXML.org | Sponsors | Privacy Statement

Copyright 2001 XML.org. This site is hosted by OASIS