Re: [xml-dev] To namespace or not to Namespace ....

[Stephen Green <stephengreenubl@gmail.com>]

There is another general way to go (with exceptions, obviously):

1. Always use a namespace (single namespace - yes, yes, yes)
2. Never import a common library (multiple namespaces - no, no, no)

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Stephen D Green




On 8 April 2010 09:03, Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8 April 2010 08:18, Dave Pawson <davep@dpawson.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 22:55:20 +0100
>> Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't have a problem with namespaces, neither do most people after
>>> some exposure to them and some simple tips.
>>
>> But non XML authors do Andrew.
>>  Simon hinted at it. Introducing authors to xml is bad enough
>> (all that crud around the text). Adding namespaces to it as well
>> is probably too much.
>
> The OP's problem is a common one:
>
> - You have to create some new XML for your employer from currently non-XML data
> - That XML will be used by customers, but also potentially published
> for the wider public to use
>
> Do you use a namespace?
>
> As David said, currently the advice seems to be be a mix of "always"
> and "never".
>
> I say always, others seem to be saying never.  The never argument
> seems to be based on the added complexity, but that complexity can be
> reduced and all the usual pitfalls avoided easily enough using the 3
> simple things I've mentioned.
>
> There's a similar lack of consensus around versioning the xml... which
> may well be David's next problem.
>
>
>
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> Andrew Welch
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