Default Namespaces

Title: Default Namespaces

Hi,

        The CAM spec needs to specify what will happen with default namespaces.

        In one of the samples based on the BOD two occurances of default namespaces exist:

        one for CAM and one within the structure.  The problem with this is that XPATH can not handle default namespaces, ie. A namespace-uri that has not associated prefix.  It can handle no namespace.

        This must be explained in the document as processing the contents is not possible where the xpath expressions do not use any prefixes if there is a default namespace uri.

Exactly.  /ApplicationArea will only match <ApplicationArea> but not <ApplicationArea xmlns="http://somenamespace.org/"/>

        This means that CAM templates need to be more carefully created.

Martin Roberts

xml designer,

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