Re: I18n comment: xml and namespaces version

Hi,

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 02:42:50 +0900, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote:

>
> On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 ishida@w3.org wrote:
>>
>> Comment:
>> Which version of XML Namespaces (and XML) is supported by the document?
>
> The working group discussed this.
>
> All of them. To make this clearer we have made the references to
> [XMLNAMES] explicitly informative and made the prose say "e.g." before
> mentioning [XMLNAMES].
>
>
> On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Felix Sasaki wrote:
>>
>> and that is the reason why it should say what happens if there is a
>> clash in versions. Or it should add a note to warn the users of such
>> clashes, e.g. saying
>>
>> "This specification does not provide mechanisms to avoid clashes which
>> might occur due to different versions of markup languages. An example
>> are clashes between different versions of XML.
>
> We are not aware of any possible clashes.
>
>
> On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Felix Sasaki wrote:
>> >
>> > Could you give an example of such a "clash" or how mechanisms to avoid
>> > them could look like?
>>
>> sorry, the XXX should have been like this:
>> @namespace XXX url(YYY);
>> and YYY should be http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-names11/#dt-IRI
>
> The @namespace syntax is not part of Selectors.
>
>
>> People who want to use IRIs for namespaces and XML 1.1. for NCName
>> should be warned that such non matches can occur.
>
> We do not understand what you mean here.
>
>
> On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Felix Sasaki wrote:
>> >
>> > > In #5, what would it mean for CSS Selectors to "support" any
>> > > specific version of Namespaces in XML?
>>
>> to allow for s.t. like "@namespace foo url(xxx);", where "xxx" is
>> conformant to
>> 'xmlns:' NCName (NCName being definded at
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-names11/#NT-NCName ).
>
> As the @namespace syntax is not part of Selectors, we do not understand
> your request.
>
>
> Please let us know if the changes mentioned above are not enough to
> satisfy your request.
>
> Cheers,


The i18n core working group is satisfied with your resolution. Thank you.
Regards, Felix.

Received on Wednesday, 1 February 2006 04:16:10 UTC