Re: null namespace Re: Next steps for the ARIA syntax discussion

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