- From: James Fuller <james.fuller.2007@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:48:13 +0200
- To: "Norman Walsh" <ndw@nwalsh.com>
- Cc: public-xml-processing-model-comments@w3.org
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> wrote: > "James Fuller" <james.fuller.2007@gmail.com> writes: > >> what happens when XProc encounters a foreign namespace ? >> >> does it ignore it or bork ? >> >> ... can't seem to find relevant text > > As the rest of this thread reveals, at the heart of this issue is a > design decision: to provide a wrapper (p:pipeinfo) for extra content, > or to provide a mechanism for allowing some namespaces to explicitly > represent extra content (foreign namespaced elements). > > The WG has tried both options (you'll find older drafts that provided > a mechanism for foreign namespaced elements to be ignored), and > decided, on balance, that it prefers the current mechanism of an > explicit p:pipeinfo wrapper. > > The WG is not motivated to reopen this issue at this time. > > If you are unsatisfied by this response, please let us know. the bit flipping a few times at least tells me that its been discussed at length about ... so I am happy with status. regards, Jim Fuller
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