- From: Perry A. Caro <caro@adobe.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 17:37:30 -0700
- To: Vivek Pandey <Vivek.Pandey@Sun.COM>
- CC: www-dom@w3.org, caro@adobe.com
Vivek Pandey wrote: > > * For xmlns="default/", should the nodeName and prefix be empty string, or > > null? I'm assuming empty, because I can find no reference in any DOM Core > > spec that permits nodeName to be null, and I'm told that anything not > > expressly permitted in the spec is forbidden. > > > > as per the DOM L3 core spec the prefix for default namespace should be > null. See > http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-DOM-Level-3-Core-20020409/core.html#ID-1950641247. Thanks for the citation. I checked it, but I didn't find an answer to my question. Can you quote me the text in Core that permits nodeName to be null? I understand that the prefix attribute can be null. I also understand that for XPathNamespace, the nodeName is supposed to be the same as the prefix. My question is, should I assume the logical implication, that if prefix is null, then nodeName should also be null? I hesitate to do so, since I see no explicit statement that null is permitted for nodeName. Perry A. Caro Adobe Systems Incorporated
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