SAX2: Namespace Processing and NSUtils helper class

Clark C. Evans clark.evans at manhattanproject.com
Mon Dec 27 00:08:58 GMT 1999


On Sun, 26 Dec 1999 uche.ogbuji at fourthought.com wrote:
> I think that though the prefix is maintained for convenience, it should _not_ 
> be considered part of the name in any comparison at the semantic level.
>
> So, in short, I don't see a problem with
> {"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml", "a", ""} ==
> {"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml", "a", "html"}.  It's a very
> well-documented consequence of XML Namespaces 1.0, and users 
> should be aware of it.

Just testing edge cases...

	    {"","a",""} != {"","a","html"}
	and {"","a",""} == {"","a",""}

Right?

Clark










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