> The WD says: "The namespace prefix, unless it is xml or xmlns, must have been
> declared in a namespace declaration. The namespace prefixes xml and xmlns are
> reserved, and considered to have been implicitly declared."
>
> 1/ The example following this definition uses a NS declared after its use :
> "<html:html xmlns:html='http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40'>"
The draft also says, "The namespace declaration is considered to apply
to the element where it is specified and to all elements within the
content of that element, unless overridden [...]."
That's "to the element", not just to its content. The GI of an
element is part of it, so the example is conformant.
> We should have only one reserved name : "xml" !!!
All names beginning "xml" or "XML" or "xML" or whatever are
already reserved.
> <book xml:ns="books"> <!-- the default NS is "books" -->
> <title>Cheaper by the Dozen</title>
> <!-- switch to "isbn" NS -->
> <isbn:number>1568491379</isbn:number> ...
That won't work. What *is* the "isbn" namespace? You haven't
specified its URI anywhere.
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