Attributes with Intent (and namespaces)

[G. Ken Holman]

At 98/07/03 12:42 +0900, MURATA Makoto wrote:
>The whole point of the namespace extension is to 
>allow applications to tell which namespace a name belongs to.  A qualified 
>name is not an opaque object.  Application programs should and will care 
>the attached URI.  On the other hand, prefixes should (ideally) be
completely 
>hidden from applications.

When I write my stylesheets, then, will I have to write the following?

(a) namespace aware for element:  <mycompany:para>

<rule>
    <target-element type='www.company.com/para'/>
    <paragraph
        space-before='10pt'>
        <children/>
    </paragraph>
</rule>

In comparison to the following:

(b) non-namespace aware for element:  <para>

<rule>
    <target-element type='para'/>
    <paragraph
        space-before='10pt'>
        <children/>
    </paragraph>
</rule>

(c) architecture aware for element (either explicit or through DTD):  <para
archtype="mypara">

<rule>
    <target-element type='mypara'/>
    <paragraph
        space-before='10pt'>
        <children/>
    </paragraph>
</rule>


......... Ken 


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