Re: [xml-dev] Proposed genx changes

From
Elliotte Rusty Harold <>
To
Tim Bray <>
Date
2004-03-11T23:23:59Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Proposed genx changes
At 2:15 PM -0800 3/11/04, Tim Bray wrote:

>6. There's a new call
>genxAddAttributeWithQName(genxWriter w, genxAttribute a, 
>genxNamespace ns, utf8 value)
>where the ns prefix and "value" arg are put together to make qname 
>attribute value.
>

Again, this reeks of featuritis. It would work for only the most 
basic cases. Some uses of W3C schemas, almost none of XSLT and XPath. 
I suggest ditching this method and just letting the client choose 
write the namespace prefix like any other text. After all, the output 
is neither malformed, namespace malformed, or non-canonical if the 
client supplies the wrong prefix for attribute values or element 
content.
-- 

   Elliotte Rusty Harold
   
   Effective XML (Addison-Wesley, 2003)
   http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/effectivexml
   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0321150406/ref%3Dnosim/cafeaulaitA