Re: [xml-dev] Pragmatic namespaces

["Pete Cordell" <petexmldev@codalogic.com>]

Original Message From: "Dave Pawson"

>> My proposal: only allow setting the default prefix, as in
>>        xmlns='....'
>>
>> It's compatible with both HTML and XML and should not greatly complicate
>> existing HTML parsers. The drawbacks are that you cannot mix attributes
>> from a different namespace, and that if you embed clumps from xmlns A
>> inside B, a lot, you might get more verbose, with the emphasis on might.
> 
> 
> What would we lose if attributes were not namespaced?

xsi:type and its friends?

Pete Cordell