Re: add-attribute adding namespace declarations.

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David A. Lee writes:

> Cross-posting to the xml-processing group.
>
> I belive this requires a clarification in the spec.
> add-attribute absolutely *can* add namespace declarations, but the
> spec explicitly says it cannot.
>
> It just cant add namespace declarations without adding an additional
> (non xmlns) attribute.

The spec. is already perfectly clear in stating that the value of the
attribute name option cannot be 'xmlns:...'.  At most a Note could be
added along the lines of:

  Note: Adding an attribute whose name is in a namespace with no
  namespace declaration in scope in the target document may result in
  a namespace binding being added by [ref: namespace fixup].

ht
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