Re: XSchema Question 2: Namespaces
MURATA Makoto (murata@apsdc.ksp.fujixerox.co.jp)
Wed, 03 Jun 1998 10:46:00 +0900
Paul Prescod wrote:
> > I propose XSC for the namespace prefix, unless someone knows of a conflict or
> > thinks three letters is too many.
>
> I disagree with Tim that the *suggested* namespace prefix is irrelevelent.
> You could similarly argue that file extensions are meaningless because of
> mime types. But our file systems tend to work better if we keep file
> extensions globally unique, as far as possible, and our documents will
> work better (especially with respect to cut and paste) if we can keep
> prefixes globally unique (as far as possible).
At best, "XSC" is an example prefix. In the future, the XML WG might make
namespace-aware parsers strip name prefixes. I proposed this in the XML WG
and will do so again.
Makoto
Fuji Xerox Information Systems
Tel: +81-44-812-7230 Fax: +81-44-812-7231
E-mail: murata@apsdc.ksp.fujixerox.co.jp