- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:26:45 +0200
- To: Bernard Desruisseaux <bernard.desruisseaux@oracle.com>
- CC: Lisa Dusseault <lisa@osafoundation.org>, Cullen Jennings <fluffy@cisco.com>, Geoffrey M Clemm <geoffrey.clemm@us.ibm.com>, WebDav <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>, w3c-dist-auth-request@w3.org
Bernard Desruisseaux wrote: > Item 21: Rely on namespace URIs, not prefixes > > A WebDAV server should be allowed to change any > namespace prefix. "It's the URI that counts, > not the prefix". > ... It's the W3C who started to treat prefixes as significant; so even though it may have been a bad idea in the first place, the cat is out of the bag. Note that prefixes are also part of the most widely used XML data models (DOM, XPath, XML Infoset). Best regards, Julian
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