Re: xml:* attributes

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.


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