I think Jirka is right. I currently use <uri> for XML namespaces for the
very reasons cited. The namespace is not a tag or a proper part of the
markup.
I do not think that a provision should be made in <tag> for namespaces.
Perhaps it can be added to <uri>'s type attribute...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jirka Kosek [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 3:52 PM
> To: Bob Stayton
> Cc: Chris Chiasson; Dave Pawson; Docbook List
> Subject: Re: [docbook] namespace markup
>
> Bob Stayton wrote:
> > In DocBook 4.5, the <sgmltag> element has a class attribute with
> > enumerated values. One of those enumerated values is 'namespace'.
> > For some reason, the equivalent <tag> element in 5.0 is
> missing that
> > value and a few others. I think it is an oversight, and I
> filed an RFE
> > to see if it should get fixed. So I think this is how a namespace
> > name should be marked up:
> >
> > <tag class="namespace">http://docbook.org/ns/docbook</tag>
>
> I still think that
>
> <uri type="xmlnamespace">http://docbook.org/ns/docbook</uri>
>
> is much more proper way of marking namespace. Namespace
> itself is not "tag", nor other part of markup.
>
> Jirka
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