Re: xml:space, xml:lang, and namespaces

Henry S. Thompson wrote:
>Is a
> namespace declaration of the form xmlns:xml='...' legal, if so with
> what content?

I believe that a valid document requires a declaration such as below:

xml:lang  NMTOKEN
xml:space (default|preserve)

Henry S. Thompson wrote:
> I guess we could just grandfather in xml:lang and xml:schema as valid
> names for attributes, i.e. explicit exceptions to the prose which
> currently requires them to be NCNames. . .

I think that (1) the prefix xml is always implicitly declared and cannot 
be redeclared and (2) the URI "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" 
must not be attached to any prefix.

Makoto
 
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Received on Monday, 31 May 1999 21:21:18 UTC