- From: Ray Whitmer <ray@personallegal.net>
- Date: 2005年12月19日 11:42:46 -0700
- To: Joseph Kesselman <keshlam@us.ibm.com>
- Cc: www-dom@w3.org
- Message-Id: <D10B0FBB-D65E-47AE-83C9-91FC45FAA5F1@personallegal.net>
On Dec 19, 2005, at 10:50 AM, Joseph Kesselman wrote: > >> would seem quite wrong to be using xml or xmlns prefixes in content. > I'm not so sure about xml. For example, an XPath might be looking for > instances of xml:space or similar reserved attributes which do > become part > of the data model. XPath does use qnames to specify such searches, and > XPaths may appear in content. > > XPath doesn't consider namespace declarations to be attributes, so > I don't > have a similar usecase there. I'm not sure that it can't arise, > though. > > (Comments about the use of implicitly-bound prefixes in content > withheld; I > lost that argument long ago.) You are right, of course. Once there is a precedent of representing QNames this way in content, who is to say what QName will be represented. I could probably even build a one for xmlns, and there is nothing preventing it from occurring in content. Ray
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