xml-dev - Re: [xml-dev] Choosing a target name for a processing instruction

Re: [xml-dev] Choosing a target name for a processing instruction

[ Lists Home | Date Index | Thread Index ]

To: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Choosing a target name for a processing instruction
From: Elliotte Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 22:00:49 -0400
Cc: 'Michael Good' <musicxml@gmail.com>, xml-dev@lists.xml.org
In-reply-to: <003c01c66b02$9a29b8d0$6401a8c0@turtle>
References: <003c01c66b02$9a29b8d0$6401a8c0@turtle>
User-agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Macintosh/20060308)

Michael Kay wrote:
> I've always wondered why processing instruction names weren't namespaced 
> just like elements and attributes. I imagine someone thought PIs weren't 
> used much so they might as well be allowed to die quietly.
>  

PIs can occur outside the root element, and thus don't always have a 
namespace context.

-- 
Elliotte Rusty Harold  elharo@metalab.unc.edu
XML in a Nutshell 3rd Edition Just Published!
http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xian3/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596007647/cafeaulaitA/ref=nosim

References:
- RE: [xml-dev] Choosing a target name for a processing instruction
  - From: "Michael Kay" <mike@saxonica.com>

Prev by Date: Re: [xml-dev] Choosing a target name for a processing instruction
Next by Date: Re: [xml-dev] Choosing a target name for a processing instruction
Previous by thread: Re: [xml-dev] Choosing a target name for a processing instruction
Next by thread: Re: [xml-dev] Choosing a target name for a processing instruction
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread