XPointer goes to REC

I have just heard that the XPointer Framework and the element() and xmlns()
schemes have become W3C Recommendations.  The xpointer() scheme is still
at WD stage.

-- 
A poetical purist named Cowan           [that's me: ]
Once put the rest of us dowan.          [on xml-dev]
    "Your verse would be sweeter        http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
    If it only had metre                http://www.reutershealth.com
And rhymes that didn't force me to frowan."     [overpacked line!] --Michael Kay