- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:17:04 -0500
- To: Aaron Swartz <aswartz@swartzfam.com>
- CC: RDF Comments <www-rdf-comments@w3.org>, Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>, Dave Beckett <dave.beckett@bristol.ac.uk>, Art Barstow <barstow@w3.org>
[not copied to the WG...] Aaron Swartz wrote: > > Re: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-rdfcore-wg/2001Apr/0047.html > > > [[ > > All elements and attributes in RDF must be namespace qualified > > ]] > > What is the reasoning for "all elements" being part of this requirement? Because that's the way it's always been; no change is suggested regarding elements, I don't think. > Many current RDF documents use default namespaces properly to default > elements. Right; such elements are namespace qualified. > Is there a reason for disqualifying this practice? No, using the default namespace on elements is fine. Just note that there *is* *no* default namespace for attributes; so you need a colon in them every time. Getting exactly the right wording for issues like this is practially impossible; no matter what words you choose, somebody gets confused. We really need examples/test cases. I'm in the middle of something else just now... -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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