RE: [xsl] Conformance question: May variable names start with "xml"? (Also: MSXML3 bug)

Subject: RE: [xsl] Conformance question: May variable names start with "xml"? (Also: MSXML3 bug)
From: "Michael Kay" <mhkay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 23:58:55 +0100
> "Prefixes beginning with the three-letter sequence x, m, l,
> in any case
> combination, are reserved for use by XML and XML-related
> specifications."[4]

I think most implementors have interpreted this to mean that names starting
"xml" should be accepted, on the basis that a new W3C REC can legitimize
them at any moment without prior notice. In other words, this is advice for
users, not for implementors. But certainly, users have no grounds for
complaint if a processor rejects such names.

Mike Kay


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