- From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@pinkjuice.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 18:39:36 +0100
- To: www-svg@w3.org
Jim Ley wrote: > and if that namespace context changed? My problem with using the > prefix, is that the prefix is supposed to disappear once you've parsed > the XML, which would mean your > (//rect[@ex:type='stepBox']).mouseover > would have to be expanded to: > (//rect[@urn:moo:type='stepBox']).mouseover > on parsing, which means why bother with the extra confusing layer - > why not just work with the namespace direct? I think you misunderstood the original proposal; sure there need to be URIs declared for prefixes. I don't think he suggested using prefixes without URI mappings. Then your question seems to be: why use prefixes, not URIs? ... saves typing. Tobi -- http://www.pinkjuice.com/
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