namespace bundles

http://swig.xmlhack.com/2010/01/26/2010-01-26.html#1264519484.310614

in case you didn't see it...

have a look at the xmpp capabilities discovery mechanism.

they had a need to simplify a big pile of namespaces into a short
string, ... which unambigously IDs a set of URI-named capabilities

wondering if we can do similar with namespace declarations?

ie. sha1 of a list like: foaf:http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/ ,
dc:http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ etc

then use that short string, 'aa315f6b2' in markup, <p
vocabs:aa315f6b2="http://details-elsewhere.example.com/">...

this would allow well known bundles to be recognised without going to
the network...

thinking out loud,

Dan

Received on Tuesday, 26 January 2010 16:09:31 UTC