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Subject: Re: Issue: nsName using prefix


Given that we already have decided to allow QNames in schemas, how would
this exacerbate the problem?

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Cowan" <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
To: "James Clark" <jjc@jclark.com>
Cc: "RELAX NG Mailing List" <relax-ng@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: Issue: nsName using prefix


> James Clark scripsit:
>
> > However, there is
> > currently no comparable facility with <nsName/>; there is no way to say
> > match any name whose namespace is the the namespace bound to prefix "x".
> > Should we add a way to do this?
>
> No, no, a thousand times no.  There is already too much tendency to put
> weight on prefixes rather than namespace names; such a facility would
> grossly exacerbate the problem.  Keep prefixes out of schemas.
>
> --
> John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
> One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
> --Douglas Hofstadter
>
>
>



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