> Since I started the subthread on namespaces, I feel compelled to
> reply. Neither I, nor the various people that I have had to explain
> namespaces to, are parser developers. We are developers, consuming and
> emitting XML. I have internalized the bizarreness of XML
> namespaces--to some degree, in any event. It's only when I have to
> explain them to a developer who just doesn't care, and just wants to
> get the job done, that I become aware of how bizarre the rules are.
>
I have responded to 5 technical questions/problems today, and 3 of them
were people not understanding namespaces. That's probably typical of my
average day.
Michael Kay
Saxonica
