Re: [xml-dev] Illegal Characters in Namespace URIs

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Re: [xml-dev] Illegal Characters in Namespace URIs
Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote:

> That's it. The next couple of paragraphs elaborate this, but do not add 
> any further constraints. Since the URI reference is not part of the BNF 
> grammar or a namespace constraint, it seems possible to claim 
> conformance with non-URI values.

Elliote, I have to say I think you're straining at a gnat here.

Having isolated what you argue is a shortcoming in the spec, it would be 
good form to advance a suggestion as to how it should be corrected. 
Probably just make it clear that conformance to the RFC is required. -Tim