- From: Gareth Reakes <gareth@decisionsoft.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 09:52:09 +0000 (GMT)
- To: Garret Wilson <garret@globalmentor.com>
- cc: www-dom list <www-dom@w3.org>
Default namespaces do not apply to attribute names. However according to the to DOM Level 2 Core Note: In the DOM, all namespace declaration attributes are by definition bound to the namespace URI: "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/". These are the attributes whose namespace prefix or qualified name is "xmlns". Although, at the time of writing, this is not part of the XML Namespaces specification [Namespaces], it is planned to be incorporated in a future revision. Gareth On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Garret Wilson wrote: > Since the DOM Level 2 binds namespace URIs at creation time, what namespace > would the "xmlns" attribute have? > > Look at the following example from "Namespaces in XML" > > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <!-- elements are in the HTML namespace, in this case by default --> > <html xmlns='http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40'> > <head><title>Frobnostication</title></head> > <body><p>Moved to > <a href='http://frob.com'>here</a>.</p></body> > </html> > > Since these example "elements are in the HTML namespace," does this mean > that the "xmlns" attribute is in the HTML namespace which it just defined? > Furthermore, should a DOM Level 2 implementation bind > http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40 as the namespace URI to "xmlns"? > > Thanks, > > Garret > > >
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