RE: Significant W3C Confusion over Namespace Meaning and Policy

Sure.  But there are some fairly long detailed threads 
at XML-Dev about this issue some of which point out 
that relying solely on well-formed instances is a 
dicey practice at best.

Not that XML-Dev constitutes a specification, mind you, 
but it does inform.

len


From: www-tag-request@w3.org [mailto:www-tag-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of
Dare Obasanjo

[Dare Obasanjo] Yes. Schema locations are hints not directives. A XML Schema
validator can ignore locations and use schemas it already knows about.