attribute values as qnames?

[Clark C. Evans]

On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, Mark D. Anderson wrote:
> The other trick I've seen in a few places, which I might
> use, is to use an entity instead of a prefix:
>   <el myattr="&someprefix;keyword"/>
> I can just set in one place whether that someprefix is a prefix
> or a full URI.

Now... using entities in this way is the best 
namespace solution I've seen yet.  The prefix 
is, afterall, just a variable to be expanded.

Clark


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