RE: namespace question

Here's my take:  Omitting xmlns="" on the root element has another
advantage, in that it makes it easier for non-namespace-aware services
to accept the posted XML. The attribute
submission/@includenamespaceprefixes was added to facilitate
interoperation with services such as those that use DTD validation.
Since xmlns="" doesn't add anything to the party for namespace-aware
applications, and might startly DTD applications, leaving it off seems a
good plan.
Leigh.

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From: www-forms-request@w3.org [mailto:www-forms-request@w3.org] On
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Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:40 PM
To: Aaron Reed
Cc: www-forms@w3.org; www-forms-request@w3.org
Subject: Re: namespace question



Hi Aaron,

When the root element of the instance has a default  namespace
declaration with the attribute value of the empty string (xmlns=""), you
may omit  this default namespace declaration on the root element that is
serialized (it is even preferable to do so, but it is not an error to
xmlns="" on the root element).

See [1] for more information and more specific the text : "The attribute
value in a default namespace declaration MAY be empty. This has the same
effect, within the scope of the declaration, of there being no default
namespace."

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the list. And we will do our best to help you ;)

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1: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/#defaulting
<http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/#defaulting> 

www-forms-request@w3.org wrote on 07/17/2008 06:47:03 PM:

> 
> Hi Nick,
> 
> Yep, we know it is a bug in Firefox that the root namespace from the 
> host document is making into the submitted document as the default 
> namespace when the default namespace was given to be empty.  But what 
> we'd like to know is whether a default empty namespace should be
placed 
> on the submitted document at all.  If the first default namespace we
see 
> is empty as we work our way up the tree, should we NOT output it and 
> from then on ignore the default namespace or should we output it?
> 
> Thanks,
> --Aaron
> 
> Nick_Van_den_Bleeken@inventivegroup.com wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Swithun,
> > 
> > Your problem is a bug in Firefox, the default namespace of the
submitted 
> > instance should be the empty one. You have correctly specified this
on 
> > your in-line instance.
> > 
> > I searched the Firefox XForms bugzilla database and found a bug
report 
> > for this problem
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445285>
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445285. 
> > You probably want to vote on this bug report.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Nick Van den Bleeken  -  Research & Development Manager
> > Inventive Designers
> > Phone: +32 - 3 - 8210170
> > Fax: +32 - 3 - 8210171
> > Email: Nick_Van_den_Bleeken@inventivegroup.com
> > 
> > www-forms-request@w3.org wrote on 07/11/2008 03:23:10 PM:
> > 
> >  >
> >  > Hello
> >  >
> >  > I have a small puzzling problem. I have an XForms document where
the
> >  > default namespace is declared as so:
> >  >
> >  > <html xmlns=" 
> > < <http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml> http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml>
<http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml> http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ...
> >  >
> >  > (with all the other namespaces there too)
> >  >
> >  > Then, in one of the instances, the default namespace is declared
as 
> > empty:
> >  >
> >  > <xf:instance id="text_instance">
> >  >    <tei:TEI xmlns=""> ...
> >  >
> >  > But then, when this instance is submitted, it shows up as:
> >  >
> >  > <tei:TEI xmlns=" < <http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml>
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml> 
> > < <http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml> http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml>
<http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml> http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ...
> >  >
> >  > I would like to get rid of this default namespace declaration. I
would
> >  > rather not have to use a non-default namespace for the XHTML
elements.
> >  > Shouldn't the xmlns="" inside the instance override the 
> > xmlns="http..." in
> >  > the ancestor html element?
> >  >
> >  > Does anyone have any ideas? I'm using Firefox (2.0.0.14/0.8.5). I
can 
> > ask
> >  > on the Mozilla XForms list if anyone thinks it is a
implementation
> >  > specific problem.
> >  >
> >  > A copy of the form is here:
> >  > < <http://swithun.servebeer.com/namespace.xhtml>
http://swithun.servebeer.com/namespace.xhtml> 
> > < <http://swithun.servebeer.com/namespace.xhtml>
http://swithun.servebeer.com/namespace.xhtml>http://
> swithun.servebeer.com/namespace.xhtml
> >  >
> >  > Thanks.
> >  >
> >  > Swithun.
> >  >
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