RE: [xml-dev] Registered Namespace prefixes

> Namespace prefixes are a syntactic shortcut that should not have been
> blessed with being a [property] in the XML Infoset 

That's another way to fix the problem, I agree.

> let alone something
> as bass-ackwards as elevating some of them to having "registered"
> status. I'd never advice anyone I know to participate in such 
> a venture.

The only elevation is to say: "This is mine. It is unique."  And, maybe:
"Here's my RDDL doc".