- From: <noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:14:47 -0400
- To: Misha Wolf <Misha.Wolf@reuters.com>
- Cc: www-tag@w3.org
Misha Wolf writes: > We have considered this approach but are concerned > that masses of software expect, say, the GICS code > for Oil & Gas Exploration & Production to be > "10102020". If we tell people to use "_10102020" > instead, we are likely to give such software > indigestion. Am I correct that such software is also likely to work correctly only on the first of the following two equivalent forms? I. <e demoAttr="3" xmlns="http://example.org/demoNs"/> II. <e demoAttr="p:3" xmlns:p="http://example.org/demoNs"/> Whatever the other pros and cons of QNames, it seems to me that you should use them properly and consistently if they are used at all. I'm not clear on why Dan's suggestion of: I'. <e demoAttr="_3" xmlns="http://example.org/demoNs"/> is harder for legacy software than II. above, and you're presumably committed to supporting that in any case? Thanks. Noah -------------------------------------- Noah Mendelsohn IBM Corporation One Rogers Street Cambridge, MA 02142 1-617-693-4036 --------------------------------------
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