Re: Disposition of comments on Infoset WD of 1999-05-17

Tim Bray wrote:

 > > >Query: When Namespace processing is being performed, should the
original
> > >prefix also be available?

Perhaps the resource pointed to by the namespace URI should be a string with
the preferred prefix for that namespace.  That kills several birds:

1) It takes the prefix out of the Information Set.
2) It allows for better markup: when generating xhtml data, programs can
know that "html" is the preferred prefix, for example.
3) It blocks the use of the namespace URI for use as a schema, which is bad
for reasons several people have commented on.

Rick Jelliffe

Received on Thursday, 17 June 1999 02:11:31 UTC