Re: [XSCD] Minor terminology query

On Tue, 03 May 2005 10:23:34 -0700, Henry S. Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>  
wrote:

>
> Asir Vedamuthu writes:
>
>>> I can't immediately detect whether you rule
>>> out using the default namespace
>>
>> Per LC draft,
>>
>> * In the context of schema component designators, we rely on xmlns()
>> XPointer scheme. So, default namespace is ruled out.
>>
>> * In the context of schema component paths in an XML document, namespace
>> prefixes will be bound in the conventional way (using the [in-scope
>> namespaces] property of the element information item).
>>
>> * In the context of schema component paths in other host languages, and  
>> XML
>> applications, they will define their own namespace binding rules.
>>
>> Given these, my question is - should we still rule out default  
>> namespace?
>
> Yes -- out once, out always, or life gets too confusing.
>
> No -- use the local rules.
>
> I am stuck . . .
>
> ht

Whatever else is true, we ought to clarify our own
examples, and probably shouldn't use no-namespace and
default-namespace examples in there except to illustrate
a particular point about those cases.

//Mary

Received on Tuesday, 3 May 2005 18:05:47 UTC