On 08/03/2009 05:40 AM, Micah Dubinko wrote:
> How often do dotted element names come up in existing HTML or HTML-like
> XML? In the (presumably rare) cases where this does happen, would
> interpreting them as pragmatic namespaces cause problems?
Names? id|xml:id values yes.
@xml:id='ch1.s3.p3' is quite frequent?
Usual debate about qnames in attribute values perhaps?
Is that an issue Michah?
btw, I like the ideas. I'm less keen on your 'exceptions'.
Can they be justified?
point 4 is rather Western/English specific?
point 5 is distinctly odd and surely at odds with inheritance?
Is this following on from SGMLs minimal typing ideas?
How else is it justifiable?
(Remember the ten rules for XML?)
regards
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Dave Pawson
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