- From: David Carlisle <davidc@nag.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:35:28 GMT
- To: public-xml-id@w3.org
- CC: John Boyer <JBoyer@PureEdge.com>
John Boyer wrote > Namespaces in XML > defines a namespace to be URI+(collection of names). Surely it is clear though that collection of names is the same for all namespaces. It is always the countably infinite set of names that match the NCName production. The _only_ distinguishing feature of a namespace is its name (ie the namespace URI). XML Namespaces explictly doesn't require you to "define" anything about a namespace. <x xmlns="data:,qwertyuiop"/> is a well formed and namespace conformant document with an element in the data:,qwertyuiop namespace. I didn't need to check anywhere if that namespace _has_ a name "x" that I can use in such a document. I know in advance that as defined in the Namespaces for XML rec that it has. Individual schema may define a gramma using a finite set of names from one or more namespaces but that is quite a separate thing from the definition of the namespace. David ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________
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