- From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 08:59:23 -0700
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
> From: Jean Paoli <jeanpa@microsoft.com> > > Consumers of a document may need to verify that it uses a known > namespace.... > Proposal: Every element comes from some schema, which becomes the > default schema for that element. The names within the default schema > are ... The demand for namespace machinery is sudden but, it seems, overwhelming. The demand can't be ignored. Once again, it should go in a separate volume in the lang/link/display series. Once again, it should be done in an 8879-compatible way. Once again, it can't be done properly by July 1. One detail point. Using the dot '.' to separate schema & name may have a nice O-O feel but lots of element types already have dots in them. We should change XML-lang to add ':' or some other handy character to the name repertoire, but forbid its use except for this purpose. Then people can use any legal XML name for their schematized element types. -T.
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