Sign In/My Account | View Cart  
advertisement

Article:
XML Namespaces Don't Need URIs
Subject: Namespace prefix registry
Date: 2005-04-15 17:50:36
From: mikeday
Response to: Namespace prefix registry
No, I don't think parsers have any need at all for a list of prefixes or any hard-coded associations.


The examples I gave of a web browser recognising <html> or an XSLT processor recognising <xsl:transform> do not require the parser to do anything with prefixes and do not require a list of important namespaces.


So I would agree with your point 4., that there is essentially no need for namespaces whatsoever, given the current meaning of the term. As to "how they are actually used", surely the XSLT use of namespaces is one of the most widely used; that was why I chose to discuss it.


I would be interested in counter-examples from actual real use cases, though, as so far I have only seen hypothetical ones.


No Previous Message Previous Message Move up to Parent Message Up Next Message No Next Message

Full Text Titles Only Newest First

Sponsored By: