- From: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:27:12 -0400
- To: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Cc: HTMLWG Tracking WG <public-html@w3.org>
Hi, Boris- Boris Zbarsky wrote (on 3/15/08 2:12 PM): > Doug Schepers wrote: >> so a new edition of XLink could, in theory, define an additional >> "human-friendly" namespace name, like "http://w3.org/xlink". > > This would be a huge step in usability for all the W3C specs. > > Heck, it could even be: "w3c:xlink", right? And "w3c:xhtml", "wc3:svg", > etc. It could... There'd have to be an RFC or specification that defined "w3c" as a URI scheme, and maybe make it equivalent to "http://w3.org/", and it would have to be deployed. > As an occasional XML author, that would save me from having to > google things like "xhtml namespace" every time I need to write an XHTML > document (and similar for svg, etc) or having to find some document to > copy-paste from. Heh. I have them memorized, but I usually use boilerplate in TextPad or TextMate anyway, for the whole document root. It's just easier. > I would love for this to happen. I honestly don't know how possible this is, but I agree that it might make namespaces a little easier to use. The advantage to "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" though is that it can be pasted into a browser, and resolves to a page that explains what it is and where to find the spec. "http://w3.org/xlink" could do the same, easily. Regards- -Doug Schepers W3C Team Contact, SVG, CDF, and WebAPI
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