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> "we're so used to people not getting namespaces right that we hardly even notice any more"
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> Some simple examples would be much appreciated, for my education.
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Cases of beginners getting namespaces wrong are too legion to be interesting. But perhaps a more interesting case is that XSLT, despite herculean efforts to do the right thing, still struggles with some simple cases. For example given this XML fragment (actually an XSD fragment)
<xs:schema xmlns="http://something" xmlns:xs="theUsual" xmlns:t="http://t">
<xs:complexType name="T">
<xs:restriction base="t:base">
<xs:group ref="agroup" xmlns=""/>
</xs:restriction>
</xsl:complexType>
</xs:schema>
an xsl:copy-of instruction applied to the xs:complexType element will lose the namespace undeclaration xmlns="", and thus invalidate the QName-valued attribute ref="agroup".
We've spent untold hours of WG time trying to find a solution to this bug, without success. If we can't get it right, how can mere mortals with more important things in their lives to worry about?
Sorry, I just noticed you asked for simple examples. If only namespaces were simple.
Michael Kay
Saxonica
