- From: Henry S. Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 18:23:34 +0100
- To: Asir Vedamuthu <asirv@webmethods.com>
- Cc: www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org
Asir Vedamuthu writes:
>> I can't immediately detect whether you rule
>> out using the default namespace
>
> Per LC draft,
>
> * In the context of schema component designators, we rely on xmlns()
> XPointer scheme. So, default namespace is ruled out.
>
> * In the context of schema component paths in an XML document, namespace
> prefixes will be bound in the conventional way (using the [in-scope
> namespaces] property of the element information item).
>
> * In the context of schema component paths in other host languages, and XML
> applications, they will define their own namespace binding rules.
>
> Given these, my question is - should we still rule out default namespace?
Yes -- out once, out always, or life gets too confusing.
No -- use the local rules.
I am stuck . . .
ht
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