- From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 12:28:59 -0400
- To: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>, "xml-uri@w3.org" <xml-uri@w3.org>
"Simon St.Laurent" wrote: > By my reading, relative URIs are permitted in XML namespaces, but > namespaces will be compared as strings - character for character - not as > converted to absolutes. Yes. Moreover, a string that is not a legal relative URI, such as "/////", is not a legal namespace name either. > No, I don't expect anyone to like this proposal, but it seems worth making. Au contraire, some people do like it. The trouble is that a minority hates it worse than the Devil, and will block consensus. This is true for *every* current position. -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)
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