Re: Fwd: Re: namespace prefixes within attribute values

How would it be possible to canonicalize a document if prefixes are
included in
the canonicalization?  Two equivalent documents can have different
prefixes.  The XML
Namespaces spec states (section 3):

    Note that the prefix functions only as a placeholder for a namespace
name. 
    Applications should use the namespace name, not the prefix, in
constructing
    names whose scope extends beyond the containing document.

Has the XML Schema group decided an a whole sale rewriting of the XML
Namespaces
spec (e.g QNames as attribute values, and the above)?  Maybe I'm not
understanding
this whole thread...

--Kevin

Kevin Regan
ValiCert, Inc.
kevinr@valicert.com


>I also sent this to XML-Dev; I think c14n may have to reexamine its
discarding namespace
>prefixes in the light of other W3C activity (schemas and XLink) that
need that information
>to process attribute values using those prefixes correctly. I'm aware
that we're past last
>call, but hopefully this is at least worth addressing.