Namespaces in XML: 3.1 the example [2]

[Roy Tennant]

Well then I guess I don't understand why this wouldn't be perfectly
acceptable (is it?):

<?xml:namespace ns="Library of Congress" prefix="B"
src="http://www.loc.gov/schema/books/"?>

If all "ns=" identifies is an authority that is not to be parsed, then why
the URI? If it is to make sure that the authority is identified in a
standard way, then http://www.loc.gov/ is more appropriate, *without*
"schema/". Sorry to nitpick, but heck, what's the standardization process
but a long series of group nitpicking sessions? <grin>
Roy Tennant

On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Andrew Layman wrote:

> There is not necessarily anything at the "other end" of
> "http://books.org/schema/".  This is simply a unique name, a URI, which
> serves to distinguish any names associated with it from all other names on
> the web.  For example, to distinguish, in effect "title, as defined by
> books.org" from "title, as defined by landuse.org."
> 
> If there is a document defining the names, that would be referenced by the
> 'src' attribute, as in <?xml:namespace ns="http://books.org/schema/"
> prefix="B" src="http://books.org/schema/books/"?>.  This document might be
> human-readable text, it might be a DTD, it might be an XML-Data schema, or
> it might be something else besides.  A cheese sandwich, though?  Probably
> not.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Roy Tennant [SMTP:rtennant at library.berkeley.edu]
> > Sent:	Tuesday, March 31, 1998 4:13 PM
> > To:	xml-dev at ic.ac.uk
> > Subject:	Re: Namespaces in XML: 3.1 the example [2]
> > 
> > Please forgive my ignorance here, but I've been trying to figure out what
> > *exactly* is on the other end of this (for example):
> > 
> > <?xml:namespace ns="http://books.org/schema/" prefix="B"?>
> > 
> > That is, what is to be found at http://books.org/schema/? A data schema
> > marked up in XML-Data? A Web document? A cup of coffee and a cheese
> > sandwich? Please, inquiring minds want to know...thanks,
> > Roy Tennant
> > 
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