Re: Allowed values in prefixes

The reference to the old xmlns spec was an error.  We should errata that 
we are referencing the current xmlns spec.

Michael Hausenblas wrote:
> All,
>
> We just had a discussion on IRC [1] re allowed values in prefixes. Seems
> that we have referenced the 'old', 1999 XMLNS spec in our syntax, that is
> [2] points to [3]:
>
> NCName  ::= (Letter <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml#NT-Letter>  | '_')
> (NCNameChar)*
>
> And further 'Letter' points to the latest version (from 2008) [4] (as it
> doesn't use a dated URI but the latest version of the XML spec).
>
> I honestly dunno what to advise people here and/or if we'd need to change
> anything - happy to hear what others think.
>
> Cheers,
>       Michael
>
> [1] http://chatlogs.planetrdf.com/swig/2010-01-27.html#T11-21-25
> [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/rdfa-syntax/#s_curies
> [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/#NT-NCName
> [4] http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#NT-Letter
>
>   

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Received on Wednesday, 27 January 2010 14:50:52 UTC