Re: [closed] Re: foreign namespaces

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> wrote:
> "James Fuller" <james.fuller.2007@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> what happens when XProc encounters a foreign namespace ?
>>
>> does it ignore it or bork ?
>>
>> ... can't seem to find relevant text
>
> As the rest of this thread reveals, at the heart of this issue is a
> design decision: to provide a wrapper (p:pipeinfo) for extra content,
> or to provide a mechanism for allowing some namespaces to explicitly
> represent extra content (foreign namespaced elements).
>
> The WG has tried both options (you'll find older drafts that provided
> a mechanism for foreign namespaced elements to be ignored), and
> decided, on balance, that it prefers the current mechanism of an
> explicit p:pipeinfo wrapper.
>
> The WG is not motivated to reopen this issue at this time.
>
> If you are unsatisfied by this response, please let us know.

the bit flipping a few times at least tells me that its been discussed
at length about ... so I am happy with status.

regards, Jim Fuller