- From: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:50:42 +0100
- To: MicroXML <public-microxml@w3.org>
On 15 August 2012 22:25, Uche Ogbuji <uche@ogbuji.net> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 3:13 PM, John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org> wrote: >> >> Uche Ogbuji scripsit: >> >> > Why don't we start with Option A? We could possibly reconsider the >> > other options in later iterations of the spec, whereas it would be >> > trickier to go the other way. That said, I'm more at peace with the >> > idea of just banning all colons in all names than I was yesterday. At >> > least I find it much less worrisome than a major break of XMLNS 1.0 >> > compatibility. >> >> On reflection, I'd like to see option A-prime, in which colons are not >> allowed except in the form "xml:something". This has no namespace >> issues and preserves compatibility with XML 1.0 NS, but allows >> the standard attributes to still work. > > > And just to be clear for now we would define no xml:* attributes in the > spec, possibly reconsidering that in the future, and always keeping in mind > the objections raised by Andrew and James? > > I think this is a pretty small step above Option A, so it suits me. Thoughts > from others? -1 on xml:* on the grounds of simplicity. This to support the new to XML user. regards Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. Docbook FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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