[Bug 2662] lc-5: Rule out default namespace

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=2662

           Summary: lc-5: Rule out default namespace
           Product: XML Schema
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows 2000
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: SCDS: XML Schema Component Designators
        AssignedTo: holstege@mathling.com
        ReportedBy: holstege@mathling.com
         QAContact: www-xml-schema-comments@w3.org


raised on 29 Apr 2005 by Henry Thompson:
Wrt e.g. the example

 //quantity

in section 4.2.17 the prose says

 "This path designates global or local element declarations whose
  local name is quantity"

The use of the phrase "local name" introduces at least a confusion and
at worst a big.  

I can't immediately detect whether you rule out using the default
namespace (I think you should, because you _can't_ declare it using
the xmlns() XPointer scheme), but lets suppose you did or do rule it
out, then the above should read:

  "This path designates global or local element declarations whose
   name is 'quantity' in no namespace"

or words to that effect

agreed that clarification was required 13 May 2005:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2005Jun/0003
also agreed at that meeting that alignment with XPath was in order;
however XPath 1.0 and XPath 2.0 have different answers.

However, this may also relate to lc-5; see
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-xml-schema-ig/2005Jun/0075

Received on Thursday, 5 January 2006 20:06:43 UTC