Re: [xml-dev] A multi-step approach on defining object-orientednatureof DOM

> The reality is that scopes are nested, and resolution is
> always with respect to the innermost defining block, not the immediately
> "local" block.

That's an implementation detail, each local block could maintain a pointer 
to its inherited context.  (See, implementation.)

> | It also makes component software easier, since I can just locally use a 
> | "ds" prefix to indicate XML DSIG, without having to globally coordinate 
> | with every part of a program working on a document.
> 
> What if this prefix is already "taken" by an "outer block"?  (Joe Engish's
> typology of "neurosis" and "psychosis" comes to mind.)

Unh, that's the whole point:  it doesn't matter.
	/r$