RE: Clarification needed on attribute names without namespace prefix

Appendix A of the Namespaces Rec is non-normative, and as far as I'm aware
this concept of "partitions" has never been picked up in any other related
specs, certainly not in XPath or XQuery. (Which is just as well, namespaces
are quite complicated enough anyway). I think Appendix A can safely be
ignored except as historical evidence of the muddle-headed thinking that
took place during the great namespace debate.
 
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/


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From: www-ql-request@w3.org [mailto:www-ql-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of
Henry Luo
Sent: 25 May 2005 08:39
To: Oleg A. Paraschenko
Cc: www-ql@w3.org
Subject: Re: Clarification needed on attribute names without namespace
prefix


Thanks Oleg for the reply.
 
I'm clear that the namespace for attribute without namespace prefix always
has no value.
 
What confuses me is the statement ind Namespace 1.0 spec:
  
The Per-Element-Type Partitions 

Each type in the All Element Types Partition has an associated namespace in
which appear the names of the unqualified attributes that are provided for
that element. This is a traditional namespace because the appearance of
duplicate attribute names on an element is forbidden by XML 1.0. The
combination of the attribute name with the element's type and namespace name
uniquely identifies each unqualified attribute.
 
So the statement seems to me is saying that the attributes without prefix
are put under different partitions.  
So my question is than in XQuery and XPath, is there any language feature
that tells such different partition (of couse besides retrieving the parent
element).
If all language features in XQuery and XPath treat  <mailto:book/@title>
book/@title the same as  <mailto:author/@title> author/@title when the
attribute name or namespace are concerned,
then it is clearer to me to say all attributes without prefix are under one
Global Unprefixed partition or namespace.
 
Regards
 
Henry
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Oleg A. Paraschenko" < <mailto:olpa@xmlhack.ru> olpa@xmlhack.ru>
To: "Henry Luo" < <mailto:henryluo@vibrasoft.net> henryluo@vibrasoft.net>
Cc: < <mailto:www-ql@w3.org> www-ql@w3.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 5:11 AM
Subject: Re: Clarification needed on attribute names without namespace
prefix


>   Hello Henry,
> 
> On Tue, 24 May 2005 12:42:00 +0800
> "Henry Luo" < <mailto:henryluo@vibrasoft.net> henryluo@vibrasoft.net>
wrote:
> 
> > I need some clarification on the attribute names without namespace
> > prefix.
> 
>   Some time ago I asked a similar question in xml-dev:
> 
>  <http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/200505/msg00091.html>
http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/200505/msg00091.html
> 
>   See the answers.
> 
> > 
> > Current XML Namespace spec says that attribute without namespace are put
> > under a per-element-type partition in Appendix A.2 ...
> >
> 
>   Don't know about the current spec, but "Namespaces in XML 1.1" of
> 4 February 2004 contains the following: "The namespace name for an
> unprefixed attribute name always has no value."
> 
> > ... skipped ....
> 
> 
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Henry
> >     
> 
> 
> -- 
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