Re: [docbook] Re: DocBook 5.0 Toolchain and Questions

On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 15:16 -0400, Norman Walsh wrote:

> | A side question, I won't miss DOCTYPE's so much, but I'm concerned
> | that I can't verify the new NG xmlns locations, such as:
> |
> | <article xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="lillet">
> |
> | If I point a browswer to that url to verify that its valid I get a
> | 404.  Nevertheless, it seems to work fine.  Can someone explain this?
I think so.
To quote Norm, its a name, not an address.
I.e. a namespace, not a place on the web to go get ... something?

> 
> I can explain the 404: I screwed up. As of a little while ago, it's no
> longer 404, though it also isn't a very good namespace document yet.

I remember NDW getting quite irate about names and addresses.
What's changed Norm?
Used to be 
http://www.arbortext.com/Think_Tank/XML_Resources/Issue_Three/issue_three.html 



regards DaveP