- From: John J. Barton <John_Barton@hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:33:39 -0800
- To: "Barstow Art (NMP/Boston)" <Art.Barstow@nokia.com>, <www-forms@w3.org>
Yuk! So every group that defines a namespace gets to give rules about how namespaces are used in their little patch of XML? Why did the XML namespace working bother meeting? John. At 06:02 PM 12/10/2001 -0500, Barstow Art (NMP/Boston) wrote: >The RDF example in section 8.12.4.5 is: > > 1. <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"> > 2. <rdf:Description about="#email-input"> > 3. <my:addressBook>personal</my:addressBook> > 4. </rdf:Description> > 5. </rdf:RDF> > >The RDF Core WG is actively addressing issues in the RDF M&S spec and >a decision they have made in: > > http://www.w3.org/2000/11/mr76/rdfc25May.html > >is: > > [[ > RESOLVED: 2. The grammar will be corrected to require > namespace-qualification for all attributes for The List. > A namespace prefix MUST be used for these attributes, where > the namespace prefix points to the RDF URI > http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns# > ]] > >Given this decision, 2. above should be changed to: > > <rdf:Description rdf:about="#email-input"> > >I fed the above RDF to the first three online RDF parsers listed at: > > http://www.w3.org/People/Barstow/#online_parsers > >and they either threw an error or a warning because >the RDF fragment does not define the "my" namespace. I >realize the HTML that encapsulates the RDF is just >a fragment but you may want to add an xmlns:my attribute >to line 1. or 3. > >Art Barstow >--- ______________________________________________________ John J. Barton email: John_Barton@hpl.hp.com http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/John_Barton/index.htm MS 1U-17 Hewlett-Packard Labs 1501 Page Mill Road phone: (650)-236-2888 Palo Alto CA 94304-1126 FAX: (650)-857-5100
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