RE: [F&O] fn:local-name-from-QName should be renamed local-part-from-QName

Per:
Thank you for your comment.  The joint WGs considered this at the January 19 meeting
and decided that the name of the function was chosen consciously and that no change
was necessary.

All the best, Ashok
 

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> [mailto:public-qt-comments-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Per Bothner
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> Subject: [F&O] fn:local-name-from-QName should be renamed 
> local-part-from-QName
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> 
> I noticed some incompatibility between the name "local-name"
> and the JAXP (Java) method names getLocalPart vs getLocalName.
> 
> The F&O method local-name-from-QName corresponds to the JAXP 
> methods QName.getLocalPart.
> 
> I think the phrase "local-part" is more precise, since it 
> doesn't make sense to get the "local name" of a name - you 
> get the local *part* of a name.  Plus of course it's nice to 
> have consistency between the XQuery API and the Java API.
> 
> The fn:local-name corresponds to the DOM method getLocalName.
> That makes sense: the local name of a node is the local part 
> of the QName of a node.
> -- 
> 	--Per Bothner
> per@bothner.com   http://per.bothner.com/
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