On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 05:43:39 +0200, Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org> wrote: > I don't have any strong opinions on which option should be used, > though I suppose having no slash is cleaner, saves a character, and is > consistent with existing W3C namespace naming practice (last time I > looked). Even though many existing namespaces have no trailing slash, I would propose that if we adopt a rule for the new shortnames, that we make a trailing slash the default. The reason that it can make a difference is in the context of semantic web and qnames. In the HTML WG we want to talk about html:index, but since the namespace is http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml, that resolves to http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtmlindex, rather than the more malleable http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/index Even if a group doesn't think it needs this, it may change its mind in the future, and so it is best to leave the door open. (Note that several namespaces end in a '#' for the same reason). Steven PembertonReceived on Thursday, 7 September 2006 11:32:23 UTC
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