Re: [docbook-tc] DocBook namespace use policy

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Jirka Kosek <>
Date
2010-11-16T10:46:59+00:00
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Re: [docbook-tc] DocBook namespace use policy
Bob Stayton wrote:

> "The DocBook TC does not prohibit users from adding new elements to the
> DocBook namespace (http://docbook.org/ns/docbook). However, such new
> elements are not part of the DocBook standard unless they are approved
> by the DocBook Technical Committee."
> 
> Do we need to say more?

I think that we should also stress that it is not recommended to use
such documents for interchange (only in-house) as in future there can be
name clash with newly added standard DocBook elements.

			Jirka

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