RE: [xml-dev] a namespace definitions related question(s)

["Michael Kay" <mike@saxonica.com>]

> In the XML instance that I posted:
> * is the document well formed?

Yes.
> 
> Should XML processors be XML-Namespace aware?

To be useful in the current market, yes. But technically an XML Processor
can comply with the XML spec without being namespace-aware: it's an optional
feature that most users happen to want.
> 
> Say I have a schema, is the well-formedness dependent upon 
> the schema??

No. Validity against a schema is a separate matter from well-formedness.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/