More on Namespaces (also long, but also optimistic)

[John Cowan]

Charles Reitzel wrote:

> o       Namespaces

Because the development of XML-related standards isn't open
(you gotta pay $$$$ to play), nobody's likely to listen to your
idea, which is essentially that of the (current - 1)th namespace draft.


> o       Expanded Names
> 
> The issue of expanded names reminds me a great deal of C++ name mangling.
> The C++ committee chose not to standardize mangled names.  Consequently, it
> is impossible to link libraries compiled by different libraries.

That was intentional, since different compilers use different callling
conventions anyhow.

> As an aside, the stylesheet processor might want to match by prefix, which
> would insulate documents from changes in the namespace ID, which might
> change to reflect DTD version changes.

Maybe so.

> www.w3c.org is starting to look like Schema-of-the-Month Club.

The stuff they're publishing is Notes, which means "neat ideas by
members; W3C doesn't endorse them in any way."

> I am
> confused about where things are going.

So say we all (except perhaps people who are constrained by W3C
confidentiality from saying anything).

-- 
John Cowan	http://www.ccil.org/~cowan		cowan at ccil.org
	You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
	You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
		Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)

xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev at ic.ac.uk
Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/
To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo at ic.ac.uk the following message;
(un)subscribe xml-dev
To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo at ic.ac.uk the following message;
subscribe xml-dev-digest
List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa at ic.ac.uk)