- From: Anne van Kesteren <fora@annevankesteren.nl>
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:54:16 +0200
- To: Norman Walsh <Norman.Walsh@Sun.COM>
- CC: Elliotte Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu>, public-xml-id@w3.org
Norman Walsh wrote: > | Norman Walsh wrote: > | > |> | //*/@xml:id when xml: is not bound. > |> XPath context/API initialized incorrectly. Bug. > | > | What part of the XPath 1.0 specification justifies this interpretation? I can't > | find it. Does 2.0 clear this up? > | > |> | //*/@foo:id when foo: is bound to the XML Namespace URI. > |> XPath context/API initialized incorrectly. Bug. > | > | Ditto. What part of the XPath 1.0 specification says that the foo prefix can't > | be mapped to the XML namespace URI? > > I think it follows from "The prefix xml is by definition bound to the > namespace name http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace." in the namespaces > recommendation. > > I thought there was a statement somewhere that it was illegal to bind > any other prefix to that URI but I can't find it quickly. See: <http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-names11/#xmlReserved> -- Anne van Kesteren <http://annevankesteren.nl/>
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