> Yes. It's also likely that some people will be interested in using
 > namespace prefixes within the values of attributes. So the prefix<->URI
 > mapping needs to be accessible if <ABC:DEF XYZ="ABC:someNameHere"> is to
 > be intelligible, ie if the "ABC" in "ABC:someNameHere" is to be hooked up
 > to a URI. 
This is a good argument for making namespace declarations available.
Should this go in a new handler type, NamespaceHandler?
All the best,
David
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