RE: [Fwd: xmlns, uri+name pairs or just uris..? Clarification nee ded.]

> yes but...
> a URI can not legally end with "#" (according to the RFC)
> and namespaces names must be URIs (according to XML Namespaces)
> so there is a compliance problem here !
> 

Namespaces are identified by a URI reference according to the
namespace spec.  A URI reference permits a fragment identifier.

Brian