Re: [xml-dev] namespaces redux

[Michael Sokolov <sokolov@ifactory.com>]

On 10/16/2012 6:47 AM, Andrew Welch wrote:
>>> 3. Avoid using URLs, the globally unique benefit
>>> is far outweighed by the confusion cost
>> Are you recommending that URNs be used rather than URLs?
> I'm advocating simple strings for simple cases, for example for a
> config file someone might be tempted to use:
>
> xmlns:c="http://mycomp.com/someproduct/v1.1/config/";
>
> whereas they could just do:
>
> xmlns:c="config"
>
My preference is to use the same string for prefix and namespace:

xmlns:config="config"