Re: [xsl] xsl namespace question

[Steve <subsume@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ok. I suppose that always confused me about namespaces. I was always
thinking... hmm..... what if w3.org/1999/Transform gets wiped? Will
the internet die? =)

Thanks a lot, David.

-Steve

On 2/22/07, David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > What's it about that URL that
> > blesses the functions in my import to work?
>
> It's just a name, like asking why "apply-templates" causes templates to
> be applied, the authors of tehe spec could have called it something
> else, but the users of the system have to use that exact name.
> namespaces are the same, they use URI syntax but they are just an
> identifying string, there does not have to be anything retrievable at
> that address.
>
> David