Re: WADL representation/@element in xmlns=""

On Feb 27, 2009, at 3:47 PM, Klotz, Leigh wrote:
>
> 2. What the spec says
>
> Not seeing much discussion on this list about namespaces or xmlns, I
> consulted the WADL paper to see how to express no-namespace @element
> values.
>
> The wadl20090202 WADL paper says that representation/element is  
> defined
> as follows:
>  For XML-based representations, specifies the qualified name of the
> root
>  element as described within the grammars section - see section 2.3.
>
> It seems like a good idea to be more precise here.
>
Would it be sufficient to say that if the value of representation/ 
@element does not contain a prefix then the element is in no namespace ?

Marc.

Received on Wednesday, 4 March 2009 19:11:49 UTC