Re: Namespaces in XML 1.x test suite contribution

[Moving the discussion to the XML Core WG list.]


On 2013-09-18 12:35, Henry S. Thompson wrote:
> Richard Tobin writes [nearly 8 years ago!]:
>
>> Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote
>>>    I'm pleased to contribute the following test documents to the XML test
>>> suite:
>> Presumably that's not what you really mean.
>>
>>>    * <xml:foo/>
>> This document is uncontroversial I think.  The document is well-formed
>> but uses a reserved element name, which is unwise.
>>
>>>    * <xmlns:foo/>
>> http://www.w3.org/XML/xml-names-19990114-errata#NE05 says:
>>
>>    The prefix xmlns is used only to declare namespace bindings
>>
>> (and Namespaces 1.1 says the same).  This should be changed to use "MUST".
>>>    * <foo xmlns='http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace'/>
>>>    * <foo xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/'/>
>> NE05 should be changed to add to disallow the use of these namespace
>> names as the default namespace.


Do the above comments about NE5 indicate
a need for an erratum to the XML Namespace specs?

paul


> The last three of these tests were in fact added to the testsuite in
> the 2008 releases [1].
>
> I'm in the process of going through all outstanding suggestions for
> the Test Suite, and will be doing a new release soon, which will also
> include the first test suggested above (as well as a similar one with
> an attribute named xml:foo).
>
> ht
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/XML/Test/#releases

Received on Wednesday, 18 September 2013 18:26:25 UTC