- From: Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 17:21:26 +0100
- To: Art Barstow <barstow@w3.org>
- CC: puninj@cs.rpi.edu, www-rdf-comments@w3.org
John, Art, A reference to this thread has been added to the RDF Issues List at: http://www.w3.org/2000/03/rdf-tracking/#rdf-ns-prefix-confusion Brian Art Barstow wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 12:45:11PM +0100, Brian McBride wrote: > > I'm updating the RDF issues list and came across this discussion. > > > > It seems to me that XML is quite clear that the default namespace does > > not apply to attributes and there is no reason why RDF should be any > > different. > > If you mean Namespaces in XML, then I agree. > > > In the example John quoted therefore, SiRPAC is doing the right thing. > > > > This is something that does seem to cause some confusion though, so I'm > > inclined to add it as an editorial issue, rather than as a specification > > error. Do you agree? > > I'm somewhat indifferent about your choices but the examples in > > http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-rdf-syntax/#ex-Sharing > http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-rdf-syntax/#ex-NonBinary > > use: > > xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" > > and seem to assume that the default namespace applies to the > RDF-specific attributes. > > Art > ---
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