Re: [xml-dev] Pragmatic namespaces

[Dave Pawson <davep@dpawson.co.uk>]

On 06/08/09 18:42, Pete Cordell wrote:
> 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

<grin/> And that's a loss!

Pushback on W3C?
xsi:type -> type

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