- From: Andrew Layman <andrewl@microsoft.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 08:29:52 -0700
- To: XML-uri@w3.org
David Carlisle wrote "The _essential_ feature of namespace names is that that they support rapid and 100% accurate comparison that does not depend on the parser being used." As an editor of the Namespaces Specification, I need to report that I do not recall that as being "the essential feature" of namespace names. I do not find any text in the specification to support Mr. Carlisle's assertion, nor do I recall any discussions proposing that or any similar idea. In short, I do not find any evidence that rapid, parser-independent, 100%-accurate name comparison was the preeminent goal of the specification. What the specification does describe as a goal is a means to enable augmenting element and attribute names so that they can be recognized in a context wider than their enclosing document type. Perhaps one can prove that this goal necessitates that "The _essential_ feature of namespace names is that that they support rapid and 100% accurate comparison that does not depend on the parser being used." If so, the proof should be rigorously demonstrated. At present, I find it rather a leap. Best wishes, Andrew Layman
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