- From: Robert J Burns <rob@robburns.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 22:36:14 +0000
- To: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Cc: www-tag@w3.org, "public-html@w3.org Group" <public-html@w3.org>
HI Lachlan, On May 23, 2008, at 10:17 AM, Lachlan Hunt wrote: > > Robert J Burns wrote: >> To use your example of a SwimmingPoolControlML vocabulary, the >> "fill" attribute on the MyPoo element will be in the null >> namespace, while the "spcml:fill" attribute on the DIV element will >> be in the http://SwimmingPoolControlML.com/ (to coin the uri) >> namespace. From the authors perspective, these are the exact same >> attributes. However, the work for the author is now doubled because >> they appear in two different namespaces. > > You are incorrectly assuming that an attribute in the null namespace > defined for use on elements in a particular namespace, can > automatically be used on other elements by putting the attribute > itself into a namespace. This does not work. To understand why, > let's look at a real example from XHTML No, I never made that assumption. Take care, Rob
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