RE: [xml-dev] Namespace names and fragment identifiers

From
Joshua Allen <>
To
Ronald Bourret <>,
Date
2004-10-05T17:39:04Z
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RE: [xml-dev] Namespace names and fragment identifiers
Yes, they are different according to spec and according to the
implementations with which I'm familiar.

> Are fragment identifiers significant in namespace names? That 
> is, do http://www.foo.org/bar and http://www.foo.org/bar# 
> identify different namespaces?
> 
> I believe they do, since:
> 
> 1) Namespace names are URI (IRI) references.
> 2) URI (IRI) references allow fragment identifiers.
> 3) Namespace names are identical only if they match character 
> for character.