Re[2]: XML namespaces and RDF

Hey semantic web,

  is    there    anywhere   a   general   rule   *defined*   how   to   expand
  namespace-prefixed-XML-localnames  such  as  xs:dayTimeDuration  into  a  full
  (possibly de-referencable) URI?

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in http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-datamodel/#notation it says:
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The following bindings are assumed.
xs: bound to http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema
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This implies from XML namespace rules that e.g.
xs:dayTimeDuration  expands to
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchemadayTimeDuration
which is not a dereferencable URI.

Is   this correct and intended? For RDF, one uses usually namespace declarations
that end with "/" or "#".

Michael Rys responds:
MR> Namespace prefixes in XML are not concatenated to the names in the way that
MR> you do it below. Instead they form a tuple
MR> (namespace-uri, local-name).

MR> There are different expanded name notations being used, such as
MR> {http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}dayTimeDuration,
MR> which is non-dereferencable, or
MR> http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dayTimeDuration which can be.

Thanks  a  lot for your quick response. Is there a sort of authorative "expanded
name   notation"?   Especially  one  talking  about  "#"  would   be  great  to
read/reference. I have no idea what to Google for.

[1] 'defines' (but only in the examples) the rule: <url> =  <namespace> + <localname>

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-primer/

Kind Regards,
Max
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