Re: [Bug 10] Round-tripping namespace decls in properties

On Dec 5, 2005, at 3:01 AM, bugzilla@soe.ucsc.edu wrote:

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> http://ietf.cse.ucsc.edu:8080/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10
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> ------- Additional Comments From julian.reschke@greenbytes.de  
> 2005-12-05 03:01 -------
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>> - Does it make sense to say that on attributes, [attributes] must be
>> preserved?
>> I think this was a cut-and-paste error so I am leaving it out.
>
> It's a mistake. Please let's dicuss this change over here, and only 
> integrate it
> when done.

Ok; in what sense are there attributes on attributes? As far as I can 
tell, Infoset talks about attributes having namespace name, local name, 
prefix, normalized value, type, references, owner (like parent) and the 
specified flag.

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>> - Did you consider whether [references] ought to be preserved on 
>> attributes?
>> What's the consequence if they're not?
>
> As far as I can tell, this question is meaningless at it doesn't 
> affect the
> serialization.

Why is that?

Thanks,
Lisa