Re: [xml-dev] A proposal for application level XML 'namespaces'

[John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>]

Michael Kay scripsit:

> I've previously proposed something close to this, but with the rules  
> defined at the XML syntax level:

This seems like a very clever design.

> The namespace :org.w3c.xml and corresponding prefix "xml" are always in  
> scope even though there is no containing element in this namespace.

Does this mean that namespaces like :foo:bar:xml are not permitted?
I'd be okay with that.

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