RE: [xml-dev] RE: Namespaces A Mess? (was: Candle 0.8 - a new scripting language for XML)

> Other than that though I don't see how anyone could ever argue that
> prefixes are information bearing.
> 
> Has anyone made this argument?

Yes: see http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315#NoNSPrefixRewriting
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> 
> >
> > (f) DTDs are an intrinsic part of XML, but DTDs are not 
> namespace-aware.
> Are DTDs really an intrinsic part of XML? This seems so 1999.
> 
> Let's assume that DTDs and namespaces are at odds, it seems that
> namespaces are the clear winners in their battle. I hardly ever see
> DTDs to do validation anymore, only to shove some entities in.
>
I think that DTDs are still very widely used.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/