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Subject: Re: [docbook] To Namespace or Not To Namespace


On 3.10.2014 18:21, Steve Cuzner wrote:
> I'm investigating porting our 4.x docbook to 5.x. For our custom
> elements, I'm considering adding them to our own namespace so that it
> is more obvious which elements are docbook and which are custom to
> our extension. While technically not necessary given that any
> customizations makes it not DocBook, what are the pros and cons of
> namespacing our own extension elements?

Putting custom elements into a separate namespace will make authoring
much more less convenient. I usually prefer easier authoring over
possible future class of newly introduced standard DocBook element.

				Jirka


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