Re: [docbook-apps] Namespace

[Bob Stayton <bobs@sco.com>]

On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 09:56:03AM +0200, Jeroen Alblas wrote:
> Hello,
>  
> I use XML Spy to built XSLT's to transform XML data to DocBook format.
> Is it possible to add a namespace to my XSLT that identifies docbook
> elements? (Primary purpose is to make the intellisense work, but
> shouldn't it be more common to use a namespace and prefixes for DocBook
> elements in XSLT, than not use it?)
>  
> If so, is there a common namespace prefix for DocBook (db: for instance)
> like fo: for XSL-FO?

There is no common namespace prefix for DocBook because
there is no namespace *name* for DocBook.  It is the
namespace name (URI reference) that is the important part
of a namespace declaration.  A prefix is arbitrary, and
may even be absent if DocBook is the default namespace.

See this message about why there is no DocBook namespace:

http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook/200205/msg00038.html


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