Chuck,
Chuck Bearden-2 wrote:
>
> Is a namespace-aware XML processor permitted to drop a namespace
> declaration
> when no elements or attributes in that namespace are used within the scope
> of
> the declaration? Say, given this example from the RDRa Primer:
> [...]
>
In my experience, dropping namespace declarations creates more problems than
it solves. I'd recommend not to drop namespace declarations. When extracting
an element from a document, also copy all the namespace declarations in
scope. And do namespace fixup when necessary.
Alex
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