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The rationale is to allow attributes whose semantics are independent of the
element they appear on: examples are xml:lang, xml:base, xsi:type,
xsl:version.
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mihaiu@mihaiu.name [mailto:mihaiu@mihaiu.name]
> Sent: 16 February 2005 19:23
> To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
> Subject: [xml-dev] Why associate an attribute with a namespace ?
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> Attributes cannot exist without an element. If
> the element is
> attached to a namespace then than should ensure that there
> will be no conflict
> with other elements with a similar same name but from
> different namespaces.
> Attributes cannot be accessed outside the context of
> elements. Since elements
> are uniquely identified so are their attributes.
> Is there any logic for allowing this (like SGML
> compatibility) ?
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Razvan
>
>
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