Re: [xml] language-lawyer question: namespace precedence rules for attributes?

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 01:19:37AM -0500, Craeg K Strong wrote:
> I get the following result:
>
> <result xmlns:ns1="http://some-ns/"; ns1:foo="baz" ns1:bar="baz" 
> ns1:yow="baz" ns1:mum="baz" ns1:zip="baz" ns1:zap="baz"/>
>
> In other words
> 1- the *first* prefix for a duplicated namespace wins

  This is just to avoid namespace duplication. If you really want
a prefix, make sure that prefix is in scope before generating the
attribute.

> 2- the *last* value for a duplicated attribute wins

  pure lazyness. In the absence of guideline, cheapest code wins.

> This seems fairly reasonable, but I can't find any basis in the W3C spec 
> for heuristic #1.    
> Can anyone offer me any pointers as to the letter of the W3C law on this 
> point?

  No if there is I'm interested.

Daniel

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