Matthew Van Gundy <> writes:
> Would any XML/Namespaces guru be willing to answer the following
> question for me? Is the following a well-formed XML document:
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <doc xmlns="http://foo.com/foo">
> <foo:elem xmlns:foo="http://foo.com/foo">
> </elem>
> </doc>
My reading of the specs says it is not. XML Namespaces only applies
to XML documents, which requires well-formedness as defined in the XML
spec. Since the string "foo:elem" does not match the string "elem",
this is not an XML document, so XML Namespaces does not apply to it.
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