2008/8/27 James Fuller wrote: > yes, but isnt that what declarations are for ? > e.g. that foreign element *needs* a declaration before it is be used > as as step Yes, but the point is to enable the processor to differentiate a processor call when the developer forgot the declaration (bug in the code) from something like a "throw-away-and-forget-foreign-element." If you just say: "if it is declared, then that is a call, else that is a ignorable foreign element," the processor can't make the difference anymore. Unless... you require to identify extension processor namespaces (like @extension-element-prefixes in XSLT.) Regards, -- Florent Georges http://www.fgeorges.org/Received on Wednesday, 27 August 2008 11:24:08 GMT
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