Re: [xml-dev] Registered namespace prefixes

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John Cowan <>
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David Megginson <>
Date
2003-03-08T03:24:50Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Registered namespace prefixes
David Megginson scripsit:

> It was axed by the W3C because of concerns about using XHTML inside
> legacy (v.3 and 4) browsers, where "<?" could cause display problems.

Also, I think, because of the desire to have scoped declarations so that
components that generated part of a document didn't have to make sure
their declarations bubble to the top.

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John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              
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