RE: Change namespace of xml:id

Hi Norm,


>>| Actually, I thought the suggestion was
>>| to use "xmlid" as the *name*, not the
>>| prefix. I sort of like that idea.

>FWIW, I don't. There's a precedent for using xml: (xml:base, xml:lang,
>xml:space). 

The precedent for lang and space comes from XML 1.0 itself, so
I do not think those represent a precedent in the sense that
you mean the word.

As for XML base, *no one* gave that much thought to it at the time.
You can make believe that some sort of precedent was set, but
what happened was a technical oversight that should not be 
repeated.

>There's no precedent (that I can think of) for taking advantage
>of the fact that XML reserves names beginning xml (except maybe
>xml-stylesheet).

xml-stylesheet is a PI, so it has nothing to do with the
discussion.

But, the Namespace Rec establishes a precedent by reserving
any prefix that starts with xml.  It's not sensible to 
justify not setting the right precedent by arguing that 
there is no precedent!

John

| Simple, straight-forward, and doesn't
| break anything else I can think of.

Except user expectations. I think users would find the unqualified
attribute name "xmlid" more confusing than "xml:id".

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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Received on Tuesday, 8 February 2005 16:48:48 UTC