Subject: Re: (dsssl) Hypothetical question on namespaces From: Trent Shipley <tcshipley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 16:50:15 -0700 |
Does it therefore follow that if you use XML namespaces in your document that the document is no longer an SGML document? How can it be a valid XML document and not parsable by a parser that is supposed to handle a lexical-semantic set that should properly contain the XML lexical-syntax? On Wednesday 03 October 2001 10:27, you wrote: > > nsgmls claims to deal with XML; therefore, it must cope with > > namespaces. > > Not so. Namespace support is not required by a processor that > implements XML 1.0. (which isn't surprising that the namespace rec came > out a year later, more or less). > > (Of course one can use dsssl with documents that use namespaces, just as > one can use dtds, but typically you have to restrict yourself to fixed > prefixes. Unlike a namespace aware xml parser, the sgml parser won't > automatically do the right thing if different prefixes are used for the > same namespace. > > David > > _____________________________________________________________________ > This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet > delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further > information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call > Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. > > DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist DSSSList info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/dsssl/dssslist
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