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This is an often confusing part of the spec. You may find James Clark's
alternative explanation helpful:
http://www.jclark.com/xml/xmlns.htm
Ian
Mukul Gandhi wrote:
> The XML Namespaces Recommendation says that the default namespace
> applies only to elements, and not to attribues
> (http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/#defaulting).
>
> i.e. an unprefixed attribute name will always be in the null namespace.
>
> I am curious to know why this is so?
>
> Regards,
> Mukul
>
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