Re: [xml-dev] [ANN] smallx XML Infoset and Pipeline Released (OpenSource)

I did the same thing in an XML => RDBMS mapping language. Since I've got 
sole control of the language and it's unlikely anyone will cut-and-paste 
it into other documents, it really simplified my life without 
inconveniencing anybody else.

-- Ron

Rick Jelliffe wrote:

> For people inventing languages which use Qnames in element or attribute
> values, I commend making your own prefix->namespace declaration element
> instead of piggybacking on the XML namespaces system.
> 
> That way you can have sanity: namespace must have prefix, prefix cannot be
> remapped or reused, no default namaspace. I did this in Schematron without
> significant trouble.
> 
> The XML Namespaces rec does not cover Qnames in values: that is semantics
> that is up to the schema developer. XSLT does it one way, XML Schemas does
> it another way, and Schematron does it another.