Re: [xml-dev] Namespaces and attributes..

[Dennis Sosnoski <dms@sosnoski.com>]

Hi Evert,

attributeFormDefault="unqualified" is the more common choice, so you 
shouldn't have any parser problems using this. The only time I've seen 
much of a use case for attributeFormDefault="qualified" is when you're 
defining a bunch of attributes to be used as "mix-ins" on elements from 
other namespaces.

 - Dennis

Evert | Collab wrote:
> Thank you very much for your answer.
>
> Two more question regarding this..
>
> Are there any drawbacks using either 
> attributeFormDefault="unqualified" or attributeFormDefault="qualified"...
> My preference goes to unqualified, but thats just for 'beauty' reasons..
>
> Is there a chance if some (XSD enabled or not)parsers will run into 
> problems with the unqualified method? For example.. they could give 
> the attribute the wrong namespace?
>
> Thanks again,
> Evert
>
> Alain Pannetier wrote:
> > Hi Evert,
> >
> > > From what I understand :
> >  - If you are validating
> >  - against an XML Schema (XSD) and XSD declares
> >
> > <schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";
> >     targetNamespace="urn:mynamespace"
> >     xmlns:a="urn:mynamespace"
> >     attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified">
> >
> > Then you can use
> >
> > <a:element att1="hello" />
> >
> > If instead you have
> >
> >     attributeFormDefault="qualified"
> >
> > Then you should use
> >
> > <a:element a:att1="hello" />
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Alain Pannetier
> >
> >
> > this On 7/1/06, Evert | Collab <evert@collab.nl> wrote:
> > > A quick question.. I working on a modular xml parser for php.. not too
> > > complicated and mainly used in private projects.
> > >
> > > The 'modules' are loaded based on their xml namespace.. I simply pass
> > > through what element should be parsed and its attributes..
> > >
> > > Here's my question, Say I use a namespace.. referred to as
> > > "urn:mynamespace" and the prefix 'a'
> > >
> > > Considering this element. Should I always prefix the attributes with 
> > > the
> > > same prefix, or can I just skip that:
> > >
> > > <a:element att1="hello" />
> > >
> > > or
> > >
> > > <a:element a:att1="hello" />
> > >
> > > Evert
> > >
> > > --
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> > >
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