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

[Jim Melton <jim.melton@acm.org>]

David,

Make your check out to ... ;^)

No, seriously, no bribes are needed.  Please do one (but 
preferably  not both) of the following:

* The preferred alternative is to file a new bug on the W3C's 
public  Bugzilla system (http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/  choosing 
"XPath / XQuery / XSLT", then Component = "XQuery 1.1", then Version 
= "Working Drafts".

* If filing a bug is infeasible for some reason, then send a message 
to the public XPath/XQuery/XSLT comments mailing list 
(public-qt-comments@w3.org).

In either case, what is wanted is a well-written, 
carefully-articulated, example-driven note that explains the problem 
from an application developer point of view and also (at least) 
acknowledges the cost-benefit and backwards-compatibility concerns.

I promise you that I'll put such a bug report or note onto the agenda 
of the next XML Query WG meeting or the one immediately following that one.

Hope this helps,
     Jim

At 4/9/2010 04:36 AM, David wrote:
 >Is it too late to fix this in XQuery 1.1 ?
 >It should be "simply" an addition of a separate input and output default
 >namespace declaration.
 >Who do I have to bribe ?

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