Re: [xml] Namespace handling for attributes when there's no namespace qualifier

[Eric van der Vlist <vdv dyomedea com>]

On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 02:41, Sean McGuire wrote:
> If I understand the namespace recommendation correctly, an attribute 
> whose name is not qualified with a namespace is assumed to be in the 
> same namespace as the element to which the attribute belongs.

No, that's not true (and a common error). See 5.2:

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/#scoping-defaulting

"Note that default namespaces do not apply directly to attributes."

Appendice A (non normative) is rather confusing, but if you read it
carefully you'll see that it confirms that statement and try to explain
it.

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/#Philosophy

Hope this helps.

Eric

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