- From: Simon St.Laurent <simonstl@simonstl.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 18:53:11 -0400
- To: xml-uri@w3.org
At 06:46 PM 5/22/00 -0400, Clark C. Evans wrote: >I really think that having "namespace" related behavior >littered through other specifcations (like XPath) is >a recipie for confusion, possibly even inconsistency, >or worse, loss of production... Careful here, or 'behavior' may be interpreted pretty wildly, and take us into terra incognita. All I'm proposing is that namespace URIs be compared as strings for the purpose of sending information from XML parsers to the application, and that it's up to applications (including XPath tools and other similar layers) to decide how they present and process that information. The creators of such layers should make clear to users how they intend to treat that information. Nothing spectacular there. XML parsers aren't expected to understand the information they process, just make sure that it conforms to a basic set of rules. Simon St.Laurent XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed. Building XML Applications Inside XML DTDs: Scientific and Technical Cookies / Sharing Bandwidth http://www.simonstl.com
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