On 06/08/09 15:46, Richard Salz wrote:
> My proposal: only allow setting the default prefix, as in
> xmlns='....'
>
> It's compatible with both HTML and XML and should not greatly complicate
> existing HTML parsers. The drawbacks are that you cannot mix attributes
> from a different namespace, and that if you embed clumps from xmlns A
> inside B, a lot, you might get more verbose, with the emphasis on might.
What would we lose if attributes were not namespaced?
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