Re: Last call announcement for XPointer

On Sunday 27 October 2002 04:50 pm, Ron Daniel wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:55 AM, Joseph Reagle wrote:
> >> On Wednesday 16 October 2002 03:14 am, Ron Daniel wrote:
> >> Yes, 'barename' is history.
> >
> >XML Signature specifications make a lot of use of this term. Is there
> > any specific motivation/reason it is being deprecated?
>
> Sorry, I was not aware of that. We are retaining 'shorthand pointer'
> as the normative term, but now define it using:
>
>     A shorthand pointer, formerly known as a barename, consists of
>     an NCName alone.

That's helpful, thank you.