Suppose I have Person_Data (PD) and Book (BK), both of which would
like to use an element called NAME. To keep the XML Elements unique,
I could use namespaces to keep PD:NAME distinct from BK:NAME.
MY QUESTION:
Can I use NAMESPACE defaulting via a fixed xmlns attribute
(as seen in the second example) to get rid of most of my namespace
prefixes?
=======================: With Namespaces :======================
<HTML xmlns:PD="http://tucker.rg.iupui.edu/Person_Data"
xmlns:PN="http://tucker.rg.iupui.edu/Person_Name"
xmlns:BK="http://tucker.rg.iupui.edu/Book">
<!ELEMENT PD:PERSON_DATA ( PD:NAME PD:AGE )/>
<!ELEMENT PD:NAME (PN:FIRST PN:LAST) />
<!ELEMENT PN:FIRST (#pcdata) />
<!ELEMENT PN:LAST (#pcdata) />
<!ELEMENT PD:AGE (#pcdata) />
<!ELEMENT BK:BOOK -- (BK:NAME BK:SUMMARY)/>
<!ELEMENT BK:NAME - - (#PCDATA) />
<!ELEMENT BK:SUMMARY - - (#PCDATA) />
<!ELEMENT OUTER (PD:NAME BK:BOOK> />
<OUTER>
<PD:PERSON_DATA>
<PD:NAME>
<PN:FIRST>John</PN:FIRST>
<PN:LAST>Doe</PN:LAST>
</PD:NAME>
<PD:AGE>50</PD:AGE>
</PD:PERSON_DATA>
<BK:BOOK>
<BK:NAME>Xml Made Easy</BK:NAME>
<BK:SUMMARY>Now its all clear</BK:SUMMARY>
</BK:BOOK>
</OUTER>